Livestock enclosures in drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa are overlooked hotspots of N2O emissions
Africa houses approximately one third of the global cattle, sheep and goat population. Here the authors show that manure accumulation in livestock enclosures can emit significant quantities of the greenhouse gas N2O for decades after abandonment, totaling 5% of continental anthropogenic N2O emission...
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Nature Portfolio
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/df7bd1e479454e2596b322036c80c063 |
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Sumario: | Africa houses approximately one third of the global cattle, sheep and goat population. Here the authors show that manure accumulation in livestock enclosures can emit significant quantities of the greenhouse gas N2O for decades after abandonment, totaling 5% of continental anthropogenic N2O emissions. |
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