Animal Agriculture Research Paper
Human activity has contributed to the deterioration of the earth as global warming and climate change have proven to be a prevalent issue within our society. One of human’s biggest contribution to climate change is animal agriculture. Animal agriculture is the largest user of land and is the number one contributor to the emission of greenhouse gases which go hand in hand to global warming and climate change. Animal agriculture attributes to 18% of greenhouse gases emissions and approximately 9% of total carbon dioxide emissions. Animal agriculture is also responsible for roughly 65% of all human-related emissions of nitrous oxide which remains in the atmosphere for up to 150 years. Animal agriculture contributes to greenhouse gases emissions
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Animal agriculture is responsible for roughly 90% of the destruction of the Amazon. Soils act as carbon sinks and store carbon dioxide however human activities such as deforestation, have depleted the amount of carbon sequestered in the soil which then emit the carbon dioxide into the air. Animal production contributes to the release of up to 28 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year from cultivated soils. Animal Agriculture has affected most of Latin America which has experienced he largest lost of forests and resulted in the greatest release of stored carbon into the atmosphere which also resulted in a huge decrease in …show more content…
Feeding the global population of these animals requires at least 80% of the worlds soy bean crop and more than one half of all corn, which is a plant dependent on nitrogen-based artificial fertilizers. In order to grow and maintain these feed crops, 50% of the US water supply is used annually. Burning fossil fuels to produce fertilizers for feed crops emit roughly 41 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. Artificial nitrogenous fertilizer is used to grow animal feed and most of this fertilizer is produced in factories that are dependent on fossil-fuel energy. The reason for this diet is that it causes the animals to gain weight easily however this diet leads to increased methane emissions. Cattle that are raised on pastures and are fed a more natural and low-energy diet composed of grasses and other natural greens, produce manure containing half of the methane gases found in cattle fed with unnatural
Animal agriculture is responsible for roughly 90% of the destruction of the Amazon. Soils act as carbon sinks and store carbon dioxide however human activities such as deforestation, have depleted the amount of carbon sequestered in the soil which then emit the carbon dioxide into the air. Animal production contributes to the release of up to 28 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year from cultivated soils. Animal Agriculture has affected most of Latin America which has experienced he largest lost of forests and resulted in the greatest release of stored carbon into the atmosphere which also resulted in a huge decrease in …show more content…
Feeding the global population of these animals requires at least 80% of the worlds soy bean crop and more than one half of all corn, which is a plant dependent on nitrogen-based artificial fertilizers. In order to grow and maintain these feed crops, 50% of the US water supply is used annually. Burning fossil fuels to produce fertilizers for feed crops emit roughly 41 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. Artificial nitrogenous fertilizer is used to grow animal feed and most of this fertilizer is produced in factories that are dependent on fossil-fuel energy. The reason for this diet is that it causes the animals to gain weight easily however this diet leads to increased methane emissions. Cattle that are raised on pastures and are fed a more natural and low-energy diet composed of grasses and other natural greens, produce manure containing half of the methane gases found in cattle fed with unnatural