• ISBN13: 9780123868978
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publisher Imprint: Elsevier
• Publication Date: January 1, 2012
• Pages: 504
• Original Price: USD 129.95
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1850 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Agriculture / General

Global climate change is a natural process that currently appears to be strongly influenced by human activities, which increase atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG). Agriculture contributes about 20% of the world's global radiation forcing from carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, and produces 50% of the methane and 70% of the nitrous oxide of the human-induced emission. Managing Agricultural Greenhouse Gases synthesizes the wealth of information generated from the GRACEnet (Greenhouse gas Reduction through Agricultural Carbon Enhancement network) effort with contributors from a variety of backgrounds, and reports findings with important international applications.

• Frames responses to challenges associated with climate change within the geographical domain of the U.S., while providing a useful model for researchers in the many parts of the world that possess similar ecoregions
• Covers not only soil C dynamics but also nitrous oxide and methane flux, filling a void in the existing literature
• Educates scientists and technical service providers conducting greenhouse gas research, industry, and regulators in their agricultural research by addressing the issues of GHG emissions and ways to reduce these emissions
• Synthesizes the data from top experts in the world into clear recommendations and expectations for improvements in the agricultural management of global warming potential as an aggregate of GHG emissions