Carbon cattle pasture Pantanal Brazil

Research on cattle pastures in the Brazilian Pantanal reveals that seasonally flooded pastures are significant net emitters of CO2 carbon, particularly during aerobic phases, suggesting that improved livestock management and drought-resistant grasses could mitigate these emissions.

• Seasonally flooded cattle pastures in the Brazilian Pantanal act as large emitters of CO2 carbon, releasing 337 g CO2_C m−2 year−1 into the atmosphere over a hydrological year.
• The carbon flux of these pastures varies by soil oxygen levels: they act as a net sink (-18 g CO2_C m−2) during anaerobic flooding and a significant source (301 g CO2_C m−2) during the aerobic phase.
• Implementing better livestock management and utilizing drought-resistant grasses may increase soil carbon stocks and reduce emissions, which is critical as climate change is expected to increase heating and drying in the Pantanal biome.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2022). Carbon cattle pasture Pantanal Brazil. https://www.sei.org/publications/carbon-cattle-pasture-pantanal-brazil/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Carbon cattle pasture Pantanal Brazil. 2022. https://www.sei.org/publications/carbon-cattle-pasture-pantanal-brazil/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2022carbon, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Carbon cattle pasture Pantanal Brazil}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2022}, month = aug, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/carbon-cattle-pasture-pantanal-brazil/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }