Supplying ecosystem services on US rangelands

DD Briske, SR Archer, E Burchfield, W Burnidge… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Rangelands comprise 40% of the conterminous United States and they supply essential
ecosystem services to society. A scenario assessment was conducted to determine how …

Aligning science and policy of regenerative agriculture

MM Al‐Kaisi, R Lal - Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Scientific findings since the 1980s indicate conventional agriculture (CONVA) accounts for 8
to 12% of US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, or 23% of the country's total anthropogenic …

[PDF][PDF] Reducing carbon footprints of agriculture and food systems

R Lal - Carbon Footpr, 2022 - academia.edu
Increase in global populations of humans and domesticated livestock are impacting the
resource use and have a large ecological footprint (EFP). The ever-increasing EFP of …

Air-quality-related health damages of maize

J Hill, A Goodkind, C Tessum, S Thakrar, D Tilman… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Agriculture is essential for feeding the large and growing world population, but it can also
generate pollution that harms ecosystems and human health. Here, we explore the human …

Increased extreme precipitation challenges nitrogen load management to the Gulf of Mexico

C Lu, J Zhang, H Tian, WG Crumpton… - … Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Although the hypoxia formation in the Gulf of Mexico is predominantly driven by increased
riverine nitrogen (N) export from the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River basin, it remains unclear …

Century‐long changes and drivers of soil nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions across the contiguous United States

C Lu, Z Yu, J Zhang, P Cao, H Tian… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The atmospheric concentration of nitrous oxide (N2O) has increased by 23% since the pre‐
industrial era, which substantially destructed the stratospheric ozone layer and changed the …

Grassland-to-cropland conversion increased soil, nutrient, and carbon losses in the US Midwest between 2008 and 2016

X Zhang, TJ Lark, CM Clark, Y Yuan… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
After decades of declining cropland area, the United States (US) experienced a reversal in
land use/land cover change in recent years, with substantial grassland conversion to …

Largely underestimated carbon emission from land use and land cover change in the conterminous United States

Z Yu, C Lu, H Tian, JG Canadell - Global change biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon (C) emission and uptake due to land use and land cover change (LULCC) are the
most uncertain term in the global carbon budget primarily due to limited LULCC data and …

Carbon and nitrogen footprints accounting of peanut and peanut oil production in China

S He, Y Chen, W Xiang, X Chen, X Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The peanut sector has significant potential for decreasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
and reactive nitrogen (Nr) loss from agricultural production activity in China. This study …

Emerging weed resistance increases tillage intensity and greenhouse gas emissions in the US corn–soybean cropping system

C Lu, Z Yu, DA Hennessy, H Feng, H Tian, D Hui - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
Tillage is a common agricultural practice that helps prepare the soil and remove weeds.
However, it remains unknown how tillage intensity has evolved and its effect on net …