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Climate Change

Climate change has been predicted to have significant impacts on agricultural productivity at global level. The effects of climate change will primarily influence agriculture via alterations in plant growth, with alterations in water availability, nutrient availability, increased temperature and elevated CO2

Soil Carbon

Carbon sequestration describes the process of transferring carbon from the atmosphere to the terrestrial biosphere. Temperate grasslands have shown strong potential to store carbon belowground in roots and soil
Ammonia

Ammonia (NH3) volatilisation reduces N use efficiency in agricultural production systems, contributes to indirect N2O emissions and is also related to deterioration of regional air quality, and eutrophication and acidification of natural ecosystems
Methane

Agriculture accounts for the majority of methane (CH4) emissions in Ireland (almost 90%) due to the dominance of cattle and sheep production. These ruminant animals release CH4 as a bi-product of microbial fermentation of food in the rumen and large intestine
Nitrous Oxide

(N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas with a 100-year global warming potential 298 times greater than carbon dioxide. Agriculture contributes almost 90% of total N2O emissions in Ireland, mainly due to nitrogen fertiliser use and emissions from animal waste
Research

Research on Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) and Climate Change focuses on strategies to reduce sources of GHGs both nitrous oxide and methane, from livestock and agricultural land
Publications

All Climate Change publications.

Greenhouse Gas

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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture

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