NECK AND NECK WITH THE THUNDERING HERD

BUFFALO METHANE RIVALED EMISSIONS FROM BEEF: 

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Methane emissions from bison—

An historic herd estimate for the

North American Great Plains

Volume 150, Issue 3, 15 March 2010, Pages 473-477 Short communication

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Francis M.Kelliher, HarryClark https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.11.019

Enteric methane (CH4) emissions were estimated from 30 M bison (Bison bison) across the North American Great Plains before contact with European settlers. 

We compiled the first historic emissions inventory using an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Tier 2 method. The emissions were governed by the energy requirements for grazing, growth and reproduction. A sex/age distribution accounted for the net effect of births, development and deaths. 

The CH4 yield was based on calorimeter measurements. The average bison's weight, feed (dry matter, DM) intake and emissions were 411 kg, 3.4 t DM head−1 year−1 and 72 kg CH4 head−1 year−1, respectively.

 The historic herd's emissions were 2.2 Tg CH4 year−1. On 1 January 2008, 36.5 M cattle were located in 10 American states occupying the historic bison range. Cattle emissions were 2.5 Tg CH4 year−

estimated using an IPCC Tier 1 method, adjusted by comparison with a mechanistic model and food gathering energy required by 77% of the cattle fed by grazing.

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2009-present 

 Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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  doi: 10.1088/issn.1674-4527
  Online ISSN: 1674-4527
  Print ISSN: 1674-4527
  

 2020 Impact factor  1.469   Citescore                       2.5

JOURNAL HISTORY

2001-2008

Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics Here's an edifying snippet of what they're about:

… there have also been many reviews and articles published over the same period that reached the opposite conclusion, i.e., that much of the global warming since the mid-20th century and earlier could be explained in terms of solar variability. 

For example: Soon et al. (1996); Hoyt & Schatten (1997); Svensmark & Friis-Christensen (1997); Soon et al. (2000b,a); Bond et al. (2001); Willson & Mordvinov (2003); Maasch et al. (2005); Soon (2005); Scafetta & West (2006a,b); Scafetta & West (2008a,b); Svensmark (2007); Courtillot et al. (2007, 2008); Singer & Avery (2008); Shaviv (2008); Scafetta (2009, 2011); Le Mouël et al. (2008, 2010); Kossobokov et al. (2010); Le Mouël et al. (2011); Humlum et al. (2011); Ziskin & Shaviv (2012); Solheim et al. (2012); Courtillot et al. (2013); Solheim (2013); Scafetta & Willson (2014); Harde (2014); Lüning & Vahrenholt (2015, 2016); Soon et al. (2015); Svensmark et al. (2016, 2017); Harde (2017); Scafetta et al. (2019); Le Mouël et al. (2019a, 2020a); Mörner et al. (2020); Lüdecke et al. (2020).

Meanwhile, other reviews and articles over this period have either been undecided, or else were these dissenting scientific opinions in the literature not reflected in the various IPCC statements quoted above? 

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Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 

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As Balenciaga’s “Destroyed” SneakersCause Outrage,

Is It Time to Ditch the “Deliberately Distressed” Aesthetic?

BY EMILY CHAN   MAY 12, 2022

Balenciaga’s [Demna] campaign has caused quite the stir on social media, featuring pairs of dirty, completely worn-out sneakers you might expect to see tossed to landfills. 

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The French fashion house has said the campaign shows how the sneakers are “meant to be worn for a lifetime…”  in keeping with Demna’s commentary on the climate crisis in the past (think of the apocalyptic backdrop to his fall/winter 2020 show)…

Achieving this faux worn-out effect, though, can have a huge impact on the planet and the garment workers who make our clothes, often involving the use of harsh chemicals, as well as vast amounts of energy and water... – particularly considering that more than 100 billion pieces of clothing are produced every year, and over 70 percent currently end up in landfills or are incinerated…

TeenVogue Climate Editor Greta  Þunberg declined comment on editoral collective proposals for fashion institute student zombie strike 

 

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