New technologies reduce greenhouse gas emissions from nitrogenous fertilizer in China

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 8375-8380

  Zhang, Wei Feng ^a   Dou, Zheng Xia ^b   He, Pan ^a   Ju, Xiao Tang ^a   Powlson, David ^c   Chadwick, Dave ^c   Norse, David ^d   Lu, Yue Lai ^e   Zhang, Ying ^a   Wu, Liang ^a   Chen, Xin Ping ^a   Cassman, Kenneth G ^f   Zhang, Fu Suo ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon accounting; Food security; Life cycle assessment; Policy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; METHANE; NITROGEN FERTILIZER;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINA; COAL MINING; CROP PRODUCTION; ENERGY YIELD; EUROPE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARBON ACCOUNTING; FOOD SECURITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; POLICY;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FERTILIZERS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NITROGEN;

EID: 84878121364     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1210447110     Document Type: Article

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