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Climate-friendly gardening
Climate-friendly gardening refers to gardening practices that aim to reduce the release of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide in order to aid the reduction of global warming. These practices can include soil management, rain capture, cultivating native plants, and utilizing biochar, nitrogen-fixing plants and compost in order to eliminate the use of chemical fertilizers. Avoiding actions like burning garden waste, excessive digging and the utilization of gas-powered tools may also help to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Techniques such as planting trees and ground cover, utilizing mulch and limiting soil disturbances can aid in soil health and the sequestering of carbon in the soil.
The burning of fossil fuels is the main source of the excess greenhouse gases causing climate change, but there are other sources to consider as well. A special report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimated that, in the last 150 years, fossil fuels and cement production have been responsible for only about two-thirds of climate change while the other third has been caused by human land use.
The three main greenhouse gases produced by unsustainable land use are carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Black carbon, or soot, can also be a product of unsustainable land use, and, despite not being a gas, it can behave like greenhouse gases and contribute to climate change.
Carbon dioxide, CO2, is a natural part of the carbon cycle, but human land uses often creates excess amounts, especially from habitat destruction and the cultivation of soil. When woodlands, wetlands, and other natural habitats are turned into pasture, arable fields, buildings and roads, the carbon held in the soil and vegetation becomes extra carbon dioxide and methane to extract more heat in the atmosphere.
Gardeners may cause extra carbon dioxide to be added to the atmosphere in several ways:
Methane, CH4, is a natural part of the carbon cycle, but human land uses often add more, especially from anaerobic soil, artificial wetlands such as rice fields, and from the guts of farm animals, especially ruminants such as cattle and sheep.
Gardeners may cause extra methane to be added to the atmosphere in several ways:
Nitrous oxide, N2O, is a natural part of the nitrogen cycle, but human land uses often add more.
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Climate-friendly gardening
Climate-friendly gardening refers to gardening practices that aim to reduce the release of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide in order to aid the reduction of global warming. These practices can include soil management, rain capture, cultivating native plants, and utilizing biochar, nitrogen-fixing plants and compost in order to eliminate the use of chemical fertilizers. Avoiding actions like burning garden waste, excessive digging and the utilization of gas-powered tools may also help to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Techniques such as planting trees and ground cover, utilizing mulch and limiting soil disturbances can aid in soil health and the sequestering of carbon in the soil.
The burning of fossil fuels is the main source of the excess greenhouse gases causing climate change, but there are other sources to consider as well. A special report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimated that, in the last 150 years, fossil fuels and cement production have been responsible for only about two-thirds of climate change while the other third has been caused by human land use.
The three main greenhouse gases produced by unsustainable land use are carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Black carbon, or soot, can also be a product of unsustainable land use, and, despite not being a gas, it can behave like greenhouse gases and contribute to climate change.
Carbon dioxide, CO2, is a natural part of the carbon cycle, but human land uses often creates excess amounts, especially from habitat destruction and the cultivation of soil. When woodlands, wetlands, and other natural habitats are turned into pasture, arable fields, buildings and roads, the carbon held in the soil and vegetation becomes extra carbon dioxide and methane to extract more heat in the atmosphere.
Gardeners may cause extra carbon dioxide to be added to the atmosphere in several ways:
Methane, CH4, is a natural part of the carbon cycle, but human land uses often add more, especially from anaerobic soil, artificial wetlands such as rice fields, and from the guts of farm animals, especially ruminants such as cattle and sheep.
Gardeners may cause extra methane to be added to the atmosphere in several ways:
Nitrous oxide, N2O, is a natural part of the nitrogen cycle, but human land uses often add more.