Carbon myopia: The urgent need for integrated social, economic and environmental action in the livestock sector

MT Harrison, BR Cullen, DE Mayberry… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Livestock have long been integral to food production systems, often not by choice but by
need. While our knowledge of livestock greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigation has …

[HTML][HTML] Grazing management for soil carbon in Australia: a review

SE McDonald, W Badgery, S Clarendon, S Orgill… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The livestock industry accounts for a considerable proportion of agricultural greenhouse gas
emissions, and in response, the Australian red meat industry has committed to an …

Silver lining to a climate crisis in multiple prospects for alleviating crop waterlogging under future climates

K Liu, MT Harrison, H Yan, DL Liu, H Meinke… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Extreme weather events threaten food security, yet global assessments of impacts caused
by crop waterlogging are rare. Here we first develop a paradigm that distils common stress …

Pathways to identify and reduce uncertainties in agricultural climate impact assessments

B Wang, J Jägermeyr, GJ O'Leary, D Wallach… - Nature Food, 2024 - nature.com
Both climate and impact models are essential for understanding and quantifying the impact
of climate change on agricultural productivity. Multi-model ensembles have highlighted …

A food-energy-water-carbon nexus framework informs region-specific optimal strategies for agricultural sustainability

Q He, D Li Liu, B Wang, Z Wang, A Cowie… - Resources …, 2024 - Elsevier
Agricultural sustainability is threatened by pressures from water scarcity, energy crises,
escalating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and diminishing farm profitability. Practices …

Decomposing crop model uncertainty: A systematic review

R Chapagain, TA Remenyi, RMB Harris… - Field Crops …, 2022 - Elsevier
Crop models are essential tools for analysing the effects of climate variability, change on
crop growth and development and the potential impact of adaptation strategies. Despite their …

Ensemble modelling, uncertainty and robust predictions of organic carbon in long‐term bare‐fallow soils

R Farina, R Sándor, M Abdalla… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Simulation models represent soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics in global carbon (C) cycle
scenarios to support climate‐change studies. It is imperative to increase confidence in long …

Unleashing the power of machine learning and remote sensing for robust seasonal drought monitoring: A stacking ensemble approach

X Xu, F Chen, B Wang, MT Harrison, Y Chen, K Liu… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Droughts cause significant economic losses in many regions around the world, highlighting
a need to more accurately quantify implications of drought on production and water …

Optimizing crop rotation increases soil carbon and reduces GHG emissions without sacrificing yields

Y Yang, J Ti, J Zou, Y Wu, RM Rees… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Enhancing soil organic carbon (SOC) while concurrently reducing greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions and without compromising yield is a contemporary challenge for many …

Carbon, cash, cattle and the climate crisis

F Bilotto, KM Christie-Whitehead, B Malcolm… - Sustainability …, 2023 - Springer
While society increasingly demands emissions abatement from the livestock sector, farmers
are concurrently being forced to adapt to an existential climate crisis. Here, we examine how …