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Manure management benefits climate with limits

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Improving manure management can reduce nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, but its impacts on indirect N2O emissions and other greenhouse gases need to be assessed. Structural changes that address livestock demands and spatial planning are needed.

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Fig. 1: N2O emissions associated with livestock production.

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  1. Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD, USA

    Xin Zhang

  2. CEIGRAM/Department of Agricultural Production, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Luis Lassaletta

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Zhang, X., Lassaletta, L. Manure management benefits climate with limits. Nat Food 3, 312–313 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00496-w

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