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Soil carbon research moves forward
Small changes in the amount of carbon stored in soils can have large impacts on the amount of carbon present in the atmosphere and hence help the effort to reduce global warming.
New Zealand scientists have been working on how management practices can be changed to increase the amount of carbon stored in New Zealand grasslands.
A comprehensive review of eight years of work has recently been published in the prestigious international journal Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment.
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RESEARCH AREAS




      

     



 Enteric methane
 
Nitrous oxide 
 
Soil carbon 






 




 
Integrated Systems
Maori



 
FACTS & FIGURES








Methane inhibitors
What we are doing (edition 2)
How we measure emissions (edition 2)







Agricultural GHG researchfunding in New Zealand
Mapping soil organic carbon stocks
Efficiency in the whole farm system







Gibberellins
Soil carbon
How we are getting there








Economic and policyimplications of alternative GHG metrics


Impacts of global climate change on New Zealand agriculture


The impact of livestock agriculture on climate change