This Is Why When You Talk about Climate Change, You Can’t Ignore Agriculture."
The Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2017. The Washington Post,
www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/08/23/
this-is-why-when-you-talk-about-climate-change-you-cant-ignore-agriculture/
?utm_term=.753e54441b91. Accessed 27 Aug. 2017.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/08/23/this-is-why-when-you-talk-about-climate-change-you-cant-ignore-agriculture/?utm_term=.753e54441b91
Information that was just recently released shows that agriculture has released almost the same amount of carbon into the atmosphere as deforestation. Over the past 12 years, land use changes that were associated with crops and grazing have caused 133 billion tons of carbon to make their way from the soil into our atmosphere. Researchers are attempting to find the areas where the most loss of carbon is taking place and trying to teach land management to restore it. Studies showed that agriculture was responsible for the loss of carbon from the top six feet of soil around the world.
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