食物有一个气候问题:随着对肥料和肉类需求的增长,一氧化二氮排放正在加速——但存在解决方法。

食物有一个气候问题:随着对肥料和肉类需求的增长,一氧化二氮排放正在加速——但存在解决方法。

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.

最全面的一种强效温室气体评估显示,哪些国家正在推动其增长,哪些国家成功减少了排放。

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]

肥料是氧化亚氮的主要排放源,而氧化亚氮是一种导致地球变暖的温室气体。pixdeluxe/E+ 通过Getty图片
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