Energy, science, and technology to manage and control greenhouse gas

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Agriculture - Forestry

•Major component of the carbon cycle

–Four times bigger than fossil fuel

•Agriculture increases carbon uptake

–Fertilizer, irrigation, plant breeding


	Nuclear energy is often forgotten in the climate change debate. So is agriculture. Our review indicated it’s a four times bigger factor in the carbon cycle than fossil fuel.
	Irrigation and fertilizer, have already increased the productivity of plants.
	Could we modify agricultural technology to help remove carbon from the atmosphere?