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Measuring Emissions Of Greenhouse Gases From The Soil
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture represent approximately 8% of UK anthropogenic emissions, mainly as nitrous oxide and methane.
Under its Climate Change Act of 2008, the UK Government is committed to ambitious targets for reducing national emissions by 80% of 1990 levels by 2050, with all significant industrial sources coming under scrutiny. Measurement of emissions is essential in order to understand our current level of emissions and in order to record future emission reductions.
Scientists at SAC have been using chamber-based techniques to measure emissions of greenhouse gases produced by agricultural soils, and this short video illustrates how the technique is applied in the field.
Practical demonstration of procedure involved in measuring emissions of greenhouse gases from the soil