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The EU could mitigate climate change equivalent to 13% of its agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by planting cover crops on bare soil before maize

05.08.24 | PLOS

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Cover crops support the climate change mitigation potential of agroecosystems
Cover crop mix in a field in Germany. Credit: Norman Gentsch, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

The EU could mitigate climate change equivalent to 13% of its agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by planting cover crops on bare soil before maize

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0302139

Article Title: Cover crops support the climate change mitigation potential of agroecosystems

Author Countries: Germany

Funding: The research was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the Project "CATCHY", project number: 031B1060C. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0302139

Cover crops support the climate change mitigation potential of agroecosystems

8-May-2024

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Climate Change Mitigation Climate Data Greenhouse Gases Maize Soils

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0302139
Article Publication Date
2024-05-08
Article Title
Cover crops support the climate change mitigation potential of agroecosystems
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2024, May 8). The EU could mitigate climate change equivalent to 13% of its agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by planting cover crops on bare soil before maize. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1GR00QW8/the-eu-could-mitigate-climate-change-equivalent-to-13-of-its-agricultural-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-planting-cover-crops-on-bare-soil-before-maize.html
MLA:
"The EU could mitigate climate change equivalent to 13% of its agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by planting cover crops on bare soil before maize." Brightsurf News, May. 8 2024, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1GR00QW8/the-eu-could-mitigate-climate-change-equivalent-to-13-of-its-agricultural-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-planting-cover-crops-on-bare-soil-before-maize.html.