From The Ecologist The organic waste and lack of oxygen in water-covered paddy fields provide a fertile feeding ground for certain types of greenhouse-gas-producing bacteria. Global rice production accounts for as much as 25 million tonnes a year of methane. But experts at the Chinese Academy of Science have found that draining rice paddies once [...]
Draining paddy fields could cut methane from rice production
By paulstewart in June 21st 2009 No Comment »
Filed Under climate change, greenhouse gas, irrigation, world water Tags: aerobic decomposition, greenhouse gas emissions, methane, rice fields
Filed Under climate change, greenhouse gas, irrigation, world water Tags: aerobic decomposition, greenhouse gas emissions, methane, rice fields
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