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Influence of Soil and Climate Conditions on CO2 Emissions from Agricultural Soils

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Many of the environmental problems related to agriculture will still be serious over the next 30 years. However, the seriousness of some of those problems may increase more slowly than in the past or even diminish in other cases (FAO 2002). Agriculture plays two different roles in climate change; on one hand, it suffers from the impact of climate change, on the other hand, it is responsible for 14 % of total greenhouse gases (MMA 2008). Nevertheless, agriculture is also part of the solution, as it is capable of mitigating a significant amount of global emissions, according to the FAO (2001). This paper aims to study the influence of edapho-climate conditions on soil CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. In order to do so, we conducted three field trials in different areas in southern Spain, which have different soil textures and different climate conditions. The results show how interaction between the temperature and rainfall recorded has a greater influence on emissions than each of the factors separately. However, at the same time, the texture of the soil at each of the locations was also found to be the most dominant variable in the gas emission process.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the project LIFE+AGRICARBON: Sustainable Agriculture in Carbon Arithmetics (LIFE08 ENV/E/000129) for its financial support [LIFE (LIFE08 ENV/E/000129 AGRICARBON)].

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  1. Área de Producción Ecológica y Recursos Naturales, Centro “Alameda del Obispo”, IFAPA, Apdo. 3092, 14080, Cordoba, Spain

    Rosa María Carbonell-Bojollo, Miguel Angel Repullo-Ruibérriz de Torres & Rafaela Ordóñez-Fernández

  2. Área de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Dpto. de Ingeniería Aeroespacial y Mecánica de Fluidos, EUITA, Univ de Sevilla, Carretera de Utrera Km 1, 41013, Seville, Spain

    Antonio Rodríguez-Lizana

  3. Consejería de Agricultura y Pesca, Centro “Alameda del Obispo”, IFAPA, Avda. Menéndez Pidal S/N. Aptdo. Correos 3092, 14080, Cordoba, Spain

    Rosa María Carbonell-Bojollo

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Carbonell-Bojollo, R.M., Repullo-Ruibérriz de Torres, M.A., Rodríguez-Lizana, A. et al. Influence of Soil and Climate Conditions on CO2 Emissions from Agricultural Soils. Water Air Soil Pollut 223, 3425–3435 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-012-1121-9

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