Soil and Greenhouse Effect: Monitoring and Mitigation

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Soil and Greenhouse Effect: Monitoring and Mitigation Global warming, caused by the increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, has emerged as the most prominent global environment issue. Agricultural soils contribute substantially to the greenhouse effect primarily through the emission and consumption of greenhouse gases. For the last two decades the research efforts have been intensified on the quantitative measurement of emission of greenhouse gases from soil. As a result, very useful information has been generated which has enriched our understanding on emission of these gases from soil under various land- use types. This is the first book to examine comprehensively the processes and factors responsible for the formation and emission of these gases from soil and to take a stock of the mass of available information, summarize it and present it in a simple form to catalyze the practical application. Individual chapters are dedicated to subjects such as the processes of greenhouseeffect; global warming and climate change; emission of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ammonia from soil; measurement techniques of greenhouse gas emissions from soil; greenhouse effect and soil biota; impact of climate change on Indian agriculture; various organizations working on global warming studies and the glossary of terms frequently used in global climate change studies, These are backed up with schematic diagrams and illustrations. With a clear and concise text this book will prove an invaluable source reference for the students in Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, and researchers and policy- makers concerned about the Global Climate Change . 1. Soil and greenhouse effect 2. Emission of methane from soil 3. Nitrous oxide emission from soil 4. Carbon dioxide emission from soil 5. Ammonia volatilization from soil 6. Measurement of greenhouse gas emission from soil and developing emission inventories 7. Global warming and soil microbial activity 8. Impact of climate change on Indian 9. Carbon sequestration in soil 10. Mitigation of nitrous oxide emission from 11. International initiatives on combating global warming.

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Dr. H. Pathak, Senior Scientist, Division of Environmental Sciences, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi obtained his B.Sc. (Ag.) degree from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from lARl. He is working in the field of greenhouse gas emission from agriculture for the last 15 years and has published more than 40 scientific papers in internationally reputed journals. He is involved in teaching and guiding postgraduate students of the discipline of Environmental Sciences at lARl for the last 10 years. Dr. Pathak has a uniformly bright academic career and has a distinction of being topper at graduate level. He is a recipient of the Young Scientist Award by the Indian Science Congress Association, the BOYSCAST Fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, the Golden Jubilee Commemoration Young Scientist Award by the Indian Society of Soil Science, and the Dr. B.C. Deb Memorial Award by the Indian Science Congress Association. He was a visiting scientist at the University of Essex, United Kingdom and worked as a Consultant at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the Philippines. Dr. Pathak was invited to present his research work at the Environment Protection Agency, USA; International Water Management Institute (lWMl), Colombo and CSI RO, Australia. Dr. S. Kumar, Principal Scientist and former Head, Division of Environmental Sciences, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Kurukshetra University, Haryana. He was involved in teaching of postgraduate students of the discipline of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences for the last 25 years and has guided more than 15 students for their postgraduate degrees. Dr. Kumar got wide experience in the field of greenhouse gas emission and published about 50 scientific papers in internationally reputed journals.