U.S. Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service, Lincoln, Nebraska
Date of this Version
2008
Citation
Published in J. Environ. Qual. (2008) 37:1317–1318. DOI:10.2134/jeq2007.0003in
Abstract
Greenhouse gases emitted from agricultural and forest systems continue to be a topic of interest because of their potential role in the global climate and the potential monetary return in the form of carbon credits from the adoption of mitigation strategies. There has been a history of excellent conferences as part of the USDA Greenhouse Gas Symposium effort sponsored by the USDA Global Change office with cooperation from different agencies and organizations. Rice (2006) described the contribution of agricultural and forest systems to greenhouse gas emissions and how these inventories serve as a baseline for how we regard the potential impacts of these systems. The continuing increase in worldwide concentrations of CO2 has implications for plant growth and climate feedbacks. Understanding the implications of these changes lead to the theme of the 4th USDA Greenhouse Gas Symposium “Positioning Agriculture and Forestry to meet the Challenges of Climate Change” at the conference held in Baltimore, Maryland from 6–8 Feb. 2007.