Will you give up food to fight ‘climate change!? ‘Food has a climate problem

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Will you give up food to fight ‘climate change!? ‘Food has a climate problem: Nitrous oxide emissions are accelerating with growing demand for fertilizer & meat’
By Marc Morano
June 18, 2024
8:17 am

https://theconversation.com/food-has-a-climate-problem-nitrous-oxide-emissions-are-accelerating-with-growing-demand-for-fertilizer-and-meat-but-there-are-solutions-231372

Food’s role in climate change has emerged as one of the defining challenges of our time. The journey of a steak, fruit or salad from the vast expanses of agricultural lands to the plates on our tables leaves a significant footprint on the environment.

At the heart of this challenge is the prodigious use of fertilizers and a growing global population’s increasing demand for meat.

As earth, climate and atmospheric scientists, we track global greenhouse gas emissions and just published the most comprehensive assessment yet of a powerful greenhouse gas from food production: nitrous oxide, or N₂O.

https://www.climatedepot.com/2024/06/18/will-you-give-up-food-to-fight-climate-change-food-has-a-climate-problem-nitrous-oxide-emissions-are-accelerating-with-growing-demand-for-fertilizer-meat/