The Impact Of Livestock Production And Global Warming

Livestock Production and Global Warming Global Warming is the rising issue for all the creatures on the Earth, and Scientists have been discovering the reasons and solution for the global environmental issue for decades. The common reasons people know about global warming are the industries and transportations or even the earth’s natural processes. However, there is another main source of global warming, which is livestock production. In this synthesis paper, the environmental impact of livestock production, the possible solution of environmental issues caused by livestock production, and the impact of climate change on livestock production will be introduced. According to the book called Livestock the long shadow, livestock production is responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions caused by anthropogenic emission, which is higher than the percentage caused by transportation (Takahashi, 2013). The greenhouse gas released from livestock production includes Carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, Nitrous oxide, and Ammonia. First, 9 percent of anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide are released from livestock production. When cultivating livestock, a large amount of crop is consumed, and the conventional tillage of land for such a great amount of crop lead to the emissions of …show more content…
Livestock contribute to nearly 18 percent of global emission. Latin America, Africa, Western Europe, North America, and Asia are the great contributors of methane. Livestock related emission will increase as people’s population and demands of food increase. The emission of methane is expected to increase over 30% from 2000 to 2020 (O’Mara, 2011), so it is important to develop mitigations and ways to improve the current technologies to make it more cost