Comment on ‘Estimating methane emissions from manure: a suitable case for treatment?’
Ward et al (2024 Environ. Res. 1 025003) recently published a paper in this journal (Ward et al 2024 Environ. Res. 1 025003) asserting that methane emissions from manure management in the United Kingdom Inventory of Greenhouse Gas emissions could be under-estimated by a factor of four to five. This...
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| description | Ward et al (2024 Environ. Res. 1 025003) recently published a paper in this journal (Ward et al 2024 Environ. Res. 1 025003) asserting that methane emissions from manure management in the United Kingdom Inventory of Greenhouse Gas emissions could be under-estimated by a factor of four to five. This was based on extrapolation of measurements from two farms located in the south-west of England where manure management is purposely set-up to encourage methane release and capture, for use as a fuel source. We argue that methane thus extracted cannot be compared with the quantities emitted to the atmosphere on a typical farm which is what the national Inventory seeks to estimate, and show that existing Inventory calculations are consistent with wider literature and typical management practices in the United Kingdom. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-08a906326e2440eebbec01ae1c119cee2025-08-20T03:07:31ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research: Food Systems2976-601X2025-01-012202800210.1088/2976-601X/add1e1Comment on ‘Estimating methane emissions from manure: a suitable case for treatment?’S G Anthony0L C Cardenas1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4401-9163S L Gilhespy2D L Sandars3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6560-8258D R Chadwick4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8479-8157RSK ADAS Ltd , Wolverhampton, United KingdomRothamsted Research , North Wyke, United KingdomRothamsted Research , North Wyke, United KingdomCranfield University , Cranfield, United KingdomBangor University , Bangor, United KingdomWard et al (2024 Environ. Res. 1 025003) recently published a paper in this journal (Ward et al 2024 Environ. Res. 1 025003) asserting that methane emissions from manure management in the United Kingdom Inventory of Greenhouse Gas emissions could be under-estimated by a factor of four to five. This was based on extrapolation of measurements from two farms located in the south-west of England where manure management is purposely set-up to encourage methane release and capture, for use as a fuel source. We argue that methane thus extracted cannot be compared with the quantities emitted to the atmosphere on a typical farm which is what the national Inventory seeks to estimate, and show that existing Inventory calculations are consistent with wider literature and typical management practices in the United Kingdom.https://doi.org/10.1088/2976-601X/add1e1methanemanureinventoryunderestimatecorrection |
| spellingShingle | S G Anthony L C Cardenas S L Gilhespy D L Sandars D R Chadwick Comment on ‘Estimating methane emissions from manure: a suitable case for treatment?’ Environmental Research: Food Systems methane manure inventory underestimate correction |
| title | Comment on ‘Estimating methane emissions from manure: a suitable case for treatment?’ |
| title_full | Comment on ‘Estimating methane emissions from manure: a suitable case for treatment?’ |
| title_fullStr | Comment on ‘Estimating methane emissions from manure: a suitable case for treatment?’ |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comment on ‘Estimating methane emissions from manure: a suitable case for treatment?’ |
| title_short | Comment on ‘Estimating methane emissions from manure: a suitable case for treatment?’ |
| title_sort | comment on estimating methane emissions from manure a suitable case for treatment |
| topic | methane manure inventory underestimate correction |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/2976-601X/add1e1 |
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