Climate metrics and the carbon footprint of livestock products: Where's the beef?

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Persson, U Martin ^a   Johansson, Daniel J A ^a   Cederberg, Christel ^a   Hedenus, Fredrik ^a   Bryngelsson, David ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

agriculture; carbon footprint; global temperature change potential (GTP); global warming potential (GWP); greenhouse gas metrics; livestock

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BEEF; CARBON; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; MEATS; METHANE;

ANIMAL SYSTEMS; ENTERIC FERMENTATION; GLOBAL CLIMATES; GLOBAL TEMPERATURE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIVESTOCK; MANURE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE IMPACT;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; METHANE; RUMINANT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84925397240     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/3/034005     Document Type: Article

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