Revised methane emissions factors and spatially distributed annual carbon fluxes for global livestock

Wolf, Julie; Asrar, Ghassem R.; West, Tristram O.

doi:10.1186/s13021-017-0084-y

Title: Revised methane emissions factors and spatially distributed annual carbon fluxes for global livestock

Journal Article · Fri Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Carbon Balance and Management

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-017-0084-y· OSTI ID:1406780

^[1]; Asrar, Ghassem R. ^[2]; West, Tristram O. ^[2]

US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), Beltsville, MD (United States). Adaptive Cropping Systems Lab.
Joint Global Change Research Inst., College Park, MD (United States)

Background: Livestock play an important role in carbon cycling through consumption of biomass and emissions of methane. Recent research suggests that existing bottom-up inventories of livestock methane emissions in the US, such as those made using 2006 IPCC Tier 1 livestock emissions factors, are too low. This may be due to outdated information used to develop these emissions factors. In this study, we update information for cattle and swine by region, based on reported recent changes in animal body mass, feed quality and quantity, milk productivity, and management of animals and manure. We then use this updated information to calculate new livestock methane emissions factors for enteric fermentation in cattle, and for manure management in cattle and swine.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1406780

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-126549; 400409900

Journal Information:: Carbon Balance and Management, Vol. 12, Issue 1; ISSN 1750-0680

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Country of Publication:: United States

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