食物生产有一个气候变化问题:随着对肥料和肉类需求的增长,氧化亚氮排放正在加速——但已有解决方案。

食物生产有一个气候变化问题:随着对肥料和肉类需求的增长,氧化亚氮排放正在加速——但已有解决方案。

Food has a climate problem: Nitrous oxide emissions are accelerating with growing demand for fertilizer and meat – but there are solutions

作者: Hanqin Tian, Director and Institute Professor, Center for Earth System Science and Global Sustainability, Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, Boston College, Eric Davidson, Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Pep Canadell, Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO, Rona Louise Thompson, Senior Scientist, Norwegian Institute for Air Research

The most comprehensive assessment yet of a powerful greenhouse gas shows which countries are driving the increase, and which ones are successfully cutting emissions.

迄今为止对一种强效温室气体的最全面评估显示了哪些国家在推动其增长,哪些国家成功地减少了排放。

Fertilizer is a leading source of emissions of nitrous oxide, a planet-warming greenhouse gas. pixdeluxe/E+ via Getty Images
Food’s role in climate change has emerged as one of the defining challeng… [+7883 chars]

肥料是排放一氧化二氮的主要来源,这是一种导致地球变暖的温室气体。pixdeluxe/E+ 通过 Getty Images
食物在气候变化中的作用已经成为一个决定性的挑战……[+7883个字符]

原文链接:The Conversation Africa