Bioenergy for climate change mitigation: Scale and sustainability

K Calvin, A Cowie, G Berndes, A Arneth… - GCB …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Many global climate change mitigation pathways presented in IPCC assessment reports rely
heavily on the deployment of bioenergy, often used in conjunction with carbon capture and …

Changing views of nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soil: key controlling processes and assessment at different spatial scales

KA Smith - European Journal of Soil Science, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrous oxide, N2O, is the third most important of the long‐lived greenhouse gases, in terms
of its contribution to global warming, and is expected to be the dominant cause of …

The contribution of cattle urine and dung to nitrous oxide emissions: Quantification of country specific emission factors and implications for national inventories

DR Chadwick, LM Cardenas, MS Dhanoa… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Urine patches and dung pats from grazing livestock create hotspots for production and
emission of the greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide (N 2 O), and represent a large proportion of …

Reducing nitrous oxide emissions by changing N fertiliser use from calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) to urea based formulations

MA Harty, PJ Forrestal, CJ Watson… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
The accelerating use of synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilisers, to meet the world's growing food
demand, is the primary driver for increased atmospheric concentrations of nitrous oxide (N 2 …

Nitrogen use efficiency and nitrous oxide emissions from five UK fertilised grasslands

LM Cardenas, A Bhogal, DR Chadwick… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Intensification of grasslands is necessary to meet the increasing demand of livestock
products. The application of nitrogen (N) on grasslands affects the N balance therefore the …

Interlinkages between desertification, land degradation, food security and greenhouse gas fluxes: synergies, trade-offs and integrated response options

S Pete, N Johnson, C Katherine, C Donovan… - Climate Change and …, 2019 - air.unimi.it
Executive summary The land challenges, in the context of this report, are climate change
mitigation, adaptation, desertification, land degradation, and food security. The chapter also …

Consensus, uncertainties and challenges for perennial bioenergy crops and land use

J Whitaker, JL Field, CJ Bernacchi, CEP Cerri… - GCB …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Perennial bioenergy crops have significant potential to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions and contribute to climate change mitigation by substituting for fossil fuels; yet …

An assessment of nitrification inhibitors to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from UK agriculture

TH Misselbrook, LM Cardenas, V Camp… - Environmental …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
A trial was conducted consisting of 14 experiments across sites in England of contrasting
soil type and annual rainfall to assess the effectiveness of nitrification inhibitors …

Nitrogen losses to the environment following food-based digestate and compost applications to agricultural land

F Nicholson, A Bhogal, L Cardenas, D Chadwick… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
The anaerobic digestion of food waste for energy recovery produces a nutrient-rich digestate
which is a valuable source of crop available nitrogen (N). As with any 'new'material being …

Mechanism of action of nitrification inhibitors based on dimethylpyrazole: A matter of chelation

M Corrochano-Monsalve, C González-Murua… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
In agriculture, the applied nitrogen (N) can be lost in the environment in different forms
because of microbial transformations. It is of special concern the nitrate (NO 3−) leaching …