Livestock enclosures in drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa are overlooked hotspots of N2O emissions

Livestock enclosures in drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa are overlooked hotspots of N2O emissions

Africa houses approximately one third of the global cattle, sheep and goat population. Here the authors show that manure accumulation in livestock enclosures can emit significant quantities of the greenhouse gas N2O for decades after abandonment, totaling 5% of continental anthropogenic N2O emission...

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Main Authors: Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Gretchen Gettel, Ralf Kiese, Kathrin Fuchs, Christian Werner, Jaber Rahimi, Matti Barthel, Lutz Merbold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18359-y
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spelling doaj-df7bd1e479454e2596b322036c80c0632021-09-19T11:51:40ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232020-09-011111610.1038/s41467-020-18359-yLivestock enclosures in drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa are overlooked hotspots of N2O emissionsKlaus Butterbach-Bahl0Gretchen Gettel1Ralf Kiese2Kathrin Fuchs3Christian Werner4Jaber Rahimi5Matti Barthel6Lutz Merbold7International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Mazingira CentreIHE Delft Institute for Water EducationKarlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology & Climate Research (IMK-IFU)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology & Climate Research (IMK-IFU)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology & Climate Research (IMK-IFU)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology & Climate Research (IMK-IFU)ETH Zurich, Sustainable Agroecosystems, Department of Environmental Systems ScienceInternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Mazingira CentreAfrica houses approximately one third of the global cattle, sheep and goat population. Here the authors show that manure accumulation in livestock enclosures can emit significant quantities of the greenhouse gas N2O for decades after abandonment, totaling 5% of continental anthropogenic N2O emissions.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18359-y
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Christian Werner
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Lutz Merbold
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Livestock enclosures in drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa are overlooked hotspots of N2O emissions
Nature Communications
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Gretchen Gettel
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Christian Werner
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title Livestock enclosures in drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa are overlooked hotspots of N2O emissions
title_short Livestock enclosures in drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa are overlooked hotspots of N2O emissions
title_full Livestock enclosures in drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa are overlooked hotspots of N2O emissions
title_fullStr Livestock enclosures in drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa are overlooked hotspots of N2O emissions
title_full_unstemmed Livestock enclosures in drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa are overlooked hotspots of N2O emissions
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publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
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publishDate 2020-09-01
description Africa houses approximately one third of the global cattle, sheep and goat population. Here the authors show that manure accumulation in livestock enclosures can emit significant quantities of the greenhouse gas N2O for decades after abandonment, totaling 5% of continental anthropogenic N2O emissions.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18359-y
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