Fertilizer is biggest ag contributor to greenhouse emissions
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Fertilizer is biggest ag contributor to greenhouse emissions [from ag?]: more than half of fertilizer applied each year ends up in atmosphere or waterways releasing 2.1 billion tons of carbon-dioxide equivalent in the form of nitrous oxide. MEthane is second.
Eye on Earth, World Watch, May/June 08, 4