Global greenhouse gas emissions from animal-based foods are twice those of plant-based foods

2021/09/13 by Xiaoming Xu, Prateek Sharma, Shijie Shu +7 · 4 citations
Environmental Science · #Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact #Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics #Environmental Impact and Sustainability

paper · doi:10.1038/s43016-021-00358-x

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