Title: The Potential Negative Effects Of Agriculture On The Environment, & The Sustainable Use Of Resources - Better Meets Reality
Headings: The Potential Negative Effects Of Agriculture On The Environment, & The Sustainable Use Of Resources
The Potential Negative Effects Of Agriculture On The Environment, & The Sustainable Use Of Resources
Summary – Environmental & Sustainable Use Of Resource Problems Resulting From Agriculture
Agriculture Impacts Many Different Aspects Of The Environment & Society
The Different Key Variables In Agriculture That Contribute To Environmental & Sustainability Issues
A Changing Climate & Greenhouse Gases
Deforestation & Land Use
Land Degradation, & Soil Degradation
Pollution – Water Pollution, Air Pollution, & Land Pollution
General Waste, & Waste Pollution
(Un) Sustainable Use Of Resources
Genetic Engineering & The Use Of GMOs In Agriculture
A Few Other Notes On Agriculture
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Content: There’s several ways that agriculture contributes to a changing climate: – First, there’s the clearing of land of trees and vegetation to convert them into farms, ranches and agricultural land. Trees and vegetation are a carbon sink
– Second, the clearing of land and the change of land use changes the composition of the Earth’s surface, and can chance the way it absorbs and reflects/releases heat
– Third, there are greenhouse gases that are emitted from the use of fertilizers – like for example, nitrous oxide being released from nitrogen based synthetic fertilizers. – There is also the manufacturing stage of fertilizers to consider and the associated emissions
– Fourth, there are greenhouse gases that are emitted from the use of pesticides – at the manufacturing stage, and at the usage stage. Although, emissions from pesticides are likely largely being ignored right now in some agricultural GHG emissions data
– Fifth, there are greenhouse gases that are emitted from livestock – from …
1. Producing animal feed,
2. Fermentation (digestion) and burping and farting,
And, 3. Manure storage and processing. About 44 percent of livestock emissions are in the form of methane (CH4). The remaining part is almost equally shared between Nitrous Oxide (N2O, 29 percent) and Carbon Dioxide (CO2, 27 percent) (fao.org)
– Sixth, agriculture uses fossil fuels for machinery and transport, and there is also agricultural waste that might be disposed of – both of which can emit greenhouse gases
The climate and weather have a give and take relationship with a changing climate: