Mysteries and Challenges of Agricultural Emissions to the Atmosphere

 

Mark Zondlo, professor of civil and environmental engineering, presented “Mysteries and Challenges of Agricultural Emissions to the Atmosphere.” Zondlo was the second speaker in the fall 2023 HMEI Faculty Seminar Series.

Agriculture is one of the largest sectors contributing greenhouse gases and air pollutant emissions to the atmosphere, but it receives relatively little attention compared to its outsized influences on climate, human health, and ecosystem degradation. Emissions from agriculture are extremely heterogeneous in space and time within a large number of individual source locations, so traditional methods of quantifying emissions from sectors with tailpipes or smokestack emissions simply cannot be used. This talk featured the integration of new measurement approaches and sensor technologies to constrain methane, nitrous oxide, and ammonia emission inventories from agricultural activities.

Mysteries and Challenges of Agricultural Emissions to the Atmosphere

Publish Date

October 3, 2023

Presenter(s)

Mark Zondlo

Link to Video

https://youtu.be/W3Hkn5mw2k0

Video Length

54:27

 

Mark Zondlo, professor of civil and environmental engineering, presented “Mysteries and Challenges of Agricultural Emissions to the Atmosphere.” Zondlo was the second speaker in the fall 2023 HMEI Faculty Seminar Series.

Agriculture is one of the largest sectors contributing greenhouse gases and air pollutant emissions to the atmosphere, but it receives relatively little attention compared to its outsized influences on climate, human health, and ecosystem degradation. Emissions from agriculture are extremely heterogeneous in space and time within a large number of individual source locations, so traditional methods of quantifying emissions from sectors with tailpipes or smokestack emissions simply cannot be used. This talk featured the integration of new measurement approaches and sensor technologies to constrain methane, nitrous oxide, and ammonia emission inventories from agricultural activities.