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A climate-dependent global model of ammonia emissions from chicken farming
School of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, Crew Building,
Alexander Crum Brown Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FF, UK
David S. Stevenson
School of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, Crew Building,
Alexander Crum Brown Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FF, UK
Aimable Uwizeye
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Animal
Production and Health Division, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy
Giuseppe Tempio
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Animal
Production and Health Division, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy
Mark A. Sutton
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh, Bush Estate,
Midlothian, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK
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Ammonia is a key water and air pollutant and impacts human health and climate change. Ammonia emissions mainly originate from agriculture. We find that chicken agriculture contributes to large ammonia emissions, especially in hot and wet regions. These emissions can be greatly affected by the local environment, i.e. temperature and humidity, and also by human management. We develop a model that suggests ammonia emissions from chicken farming are likely to increase under a warming climate.
Ammonia is a key water and air pollutant and impacts human health and climate change. Ammonia...
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