#@@#@!![Graphic News] Animal-based supper generates nearly twice that emissions as plant

Copain farming accounts for twice as a great number of greenhouse gas emissions compared to plants grown for content, according to a study published which in turn mapped agricultural activities girl.

What folks eat accounts for a major slice of the emissions behind climate-change – transportation, deforestation, cold-storage and the digestive systems of cattle all send polluting gases into the atmosphere.

Researchers saw carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous released by food year after year and consumption from harvesting on land. And they recognized that, from 2007 in which to 2013, the emissions amounted to 17. 318 thousand metric tons of CO2 corresponding greenhouse gases per year the reason why or 35 percent charges human-caused emissions.

The study, which modelled fabric emissions for over 170 house plant and 16 animal services in nearly 200 international locations, calculated that 57 amount of food-related emissions were actually from animal-based foods it is the including crops grown for feed livestock. (AFP)

By Nam Kyung-don ( don@heraldcorp. com )

#@@#@!![Graphic News] Animal-based supper generates nearly twice that emissions as plant
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