Title:
Managing agricultural greenhouse gases : coordinated agricultural research through GRACEnet to address our changing climate
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
London ; Waltham, MA : Academic Press, 2012
Physical Description:
xxxv, 547 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.
ISBN:
9780123868978
Abstract:
Global climate change is a natural process that currently appears to be strongly influenced by human activities, which increase atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG), in particular carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O). Agriculture contributes about 20% of the world's global radiation forcing from CO2, CH4 and N2O, and produces 50% of the CH4 and 70% of the N2O of the human-induced emission. Interest is increasing among land managers, policy makers, GHG emitting entities, and carbon (C) brokers in using agricultural lands to sequester C and reduce GHG emission. Precise information is lacking, however, on how specific management practices in different regions of the world impact soil C sequestration and the mitigation of GHG emission. In 2002, the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) developed a coordinated national research effort called GRACEnet (Greenhouse gas Reduction through Agricultural Carbon Enhancement network) to provide information on the soil C status and GHG emission of current agricultural practices, and to develop new management practices to reduce net GHG emission and increase soil C sequestration primarily from soil management. Managing Agricultural Greenhouse Gases synthesizes the wealth of information generated from the GRACEnet project in over 30 ARS locations throughout the US and in numerous peer-reviewed articles. Although GRACEnet is an ARS project, contributors to this work include a variety of backgrounds and reported findings have important international applications. For example, many parts of the world possess similar ecoregions to the U.S. (e.g., northern Great Plains is similar to the Argentina Pampas and Ukraine Steppe). Such similarities expand the appeal of this exciting new volume to a wide international readership. Frames responses to challenges associated with climate change within the geographical domain of the U.S., while providing a useful model for researchers in the many parts of the world that possess similar ecoregions Covers not only soil C dynamics but also nitrous oxide and methane flux, filling a void in the existing literature Educates scientists and technical service providers conducting greenhouse gas research, industry, and regulators in their agricultural research by addressing the issues of GHG emissions and ways to reduce these emissionsSynthesizes the data from top experts in the world into clear recommendations and expectations for improvements in the agricultural management of global warming potential as an aggregate of GHG emissions.
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Summary
Global climate change is a natural process that currently appears to be strongly influenced by human activities, which increase atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG). Agriculture contributes about 20% of the world's global radiation forcing from carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, and produces 50% of the methane and 70% of the nitrous oxide of the human-induced emission. Managing Agricultural Greenhouse Gases synthesizes the wealth of information generated from the GRACEnet (Greenhouse gas Reduction through Agricultural Carbon Enhancement network) effort with contributors from a variety of backgrounds, and reports findings with important international applications.
Table of Contents
Section One Agricultural Research for a Carbon-Constrained World |
Agriculture and climate change: Mitigation opportunities and adaptation imperativesMark A. Liebig and Alan J. Franzluebbers and Ron F. Follett |
GRACEnet: Addressing policy needs through coordinated cross-location researchCharles L. Walthall and Steven R. Shafer and Michael D. Jawson |
Section Two Agricultural Management and Soil Carbon Dynamics |
Cropland management in the eastern United States for improved soil organic C sequestrationCurtis J. Dell and Jeffrey M. Novak |
Soil carbon sequestration in central USA agroecosystemsCynthia A. Cambardella and Jane M. F. Johnson and Gary E. Varvel |
Agricultural management and soil carbon dynamics: Western U.S. croplandsHarold P. Collins and Maysoon M. Mikha and Tabitha T. Brown and Jeffrey L. Smith and David Huggins and Upendra M. Sainju |
Soil carbon dynamics and rangeland managementJustin D. Derner and Virginia L. Jin |
Soil organic carbon under pasture managementAlan J. Franzluebbers and Lloyd B. Owens and Gilbert C. Sigua and Cynthia A. Cambardella and Richard L. Haney |
Sustainable bioenergy feedstock production systems: Integrating C dynamics, erosion, water quality and greenhouse gas productionJane M. F. Johnson and Jeffrey M. Novak |
Section Three Agricultural Management and Greenhouse Gas Flux |
Cropland management contributions to GHG flux: Central and eastern U.S.Michel A. Cavigelli and Timothy B. Parkin |
Management to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in western U.S. croplandsArdell D. Halvorson and Kerri L. Steenwerth and Emma C. Suddick and Mark A. Liebig and Jeffery L. Smith and Kevin F. Bronson and Harold P. Collins |
Greenhouse gas flux from managed grasslands in the U.S.Mark A. Liebig and Xuejun Dong and Jean E.T. McLain and Curtis J. Dell |
Mitigation opportunities for life cycle greenhouse gas emissions during feedstock production across heterogeneous landscapesPaul R. Adler and Stephen J. Del Grosso and Daniel Inman and Robin E. Jenkins and Sabrina Spatari and Yimin Zhang |
Greenhouse gas fluxes of drained organic and flooded mineral agricultural soils in the United StatesLeon Hartwell Allen, Jr. |
Section Four Model Simulations for Estimating Soil Carbon Dynamics and Greenhouse Gas Flux from Agricultural Production Systems |
DayCent model simulations for estimating soil carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas fluxes from agricultural production systemsStephen J. Del Grosso and William J. Parton and Paul R. Adler and Sarah C. Davis and Cindy Keough and Ernest Marx |
COMET2.0 - Decision support system for agricultural greenhouse gas accountingKeith Paustian and Jill Schuler and Kendrick Killian and Adam Chambers and Steven DelGrosso and Mark Easter and Jorge Alvaro-Fuentes and Ram Gurung and Greg Johnson and Miles Merwin and Stephen Ogle and Carolyn Olson and Amy Swan and Steve Williams and Roel Vining |
CQESTR simulations of soil organic carbon dynamicsH.T. Gollany and R. F. Follett and Y. Liang |
Development and application of the EPIC model for carbon cycle, greenhouse-gas mitigation, and biofuel studiesR.C. Izaurralde and W.B. McGill and J.R. Williams |
The general ensemble biogeochemical modeling system (GEMS) and its applications to agricultural systems in the United StatesShuguang Liu and Zhengxi Tan and Mingshi Chen and Jinxun Liu and Anne Wein and Zhengpeng Li and Shengli Huang and Jennifer Oeding and Claudia Young|cShashi B. Verma and Andrew E. Suyker and Stephen Faulkner and Gregory W. McCarty |
Section Five Measurements and Monitoring: Improving Estimates of Soil Carbon Dynamics and Greenhouse Gas Flux |
Quantifying biases in non-steady state chamber measurements of soil-atmosphere gas exchangeRodney T. Venterea and Timothy B. Parkin |
Advances in spectroscopic methods for quantifying soil carbonJames B Reeves and III and Gregory W. McCarty and Francisco Calderon and W. Dean Hively |
Micrometeorological methods for assessing greenhouse gas fluxR. Howard Skinner and Claudia Wagner-Riddle |
Remote sensing of soil carbon and greenhouse gas dynamics across agricultural landscapesC.S.T. Daughtry and E.R. Hunt Jr. and P.C. Beeson and S. Milak and M.W. Lang and G. Serbin and J.G. Alfieri and G.W. McCarty and A.M. Sadeghi |
Section Six Economic and Policy Considerations Associated with Reducing Net Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture |
Economic outcomes of greenhouse gas mitigation optionsDavid W. Archer and Lyubov A. Kurkalova |
Agricultural greenhouse gas trading markets in North AmericaD.C. Reicosky and T. Goddard and D. Enerson and A.S.K. Chan and M.A. Liebig |
Eligibility criteria affecting landowner Participation in greenhouse gas programsRobert Johansson and Greg Latta and Eric White and Jan Lewandrowski and Ralph Alig |
Section Seven Looking Ahead: Opportunities for Future Research and Collaboration |
Potential GRACEnet linkages with other greenhouse gas and soil carbon research and monitoring programsJohn M. Baker and Ronald F. Follett |
Elevated CO2 and warming effects on soil carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas exchange in agroecosystems: A reviewFeike A. Dijkstra and Jack A. Morgan |
Mitigation opportunities from land management practices in a warming world: Increasing potential sinksJ.L. Hatfield and T.B. Parkin and T.J. Sauer and J.H. Prueger |
Beyond mitigation: Adaptation of agricultural strategies to overcome projected climate changeRonald F. Follett |