by Gil Bretler | Jul 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
A review by Justine J. Owen and Whendee L. Silver. Livestock manure management accounts for almost 10% of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture globally, and contributes an equal proportion to the US methane emission inventory. Current emissions inventories use...
by Gil Bretler | Jul 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
A review by Jens Jakob Sigurdarson, Simon Svane & Henrik Karring. In agriculture, the formation of ammonia from urea occurs primarily in livestock buildings, manure slurry tanks, and when inorganic urea-based fertilizers are applied to fields. It has been...
by Gil Bretler | Apr 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Working in a dairy farm is a dangerous activity. Manure emits methane, a highly explosive gaz. When manure is stabilized and no methane is emitted, the safety level is higher. Approximately 18,000 cows were killed, and one person was critically injured, in an...
by Gil Bretler | Mar 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
Animal agriculture is the second largest contributor to human-made greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, after fossil fuels, and is a leading cause of deforestation, water and air pollution and biodiversity loss. Though much of the world is focused on transitioning...
by Gil Bretler | Mar 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
Peter pontificates that a billion people will starve from the impact of Putin’s War. Conventional toxic fertilizers produced by petrochemicals could be replaced by sustainable seaplants farmed offshore to mitigate famine and...
