A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains Toward Sustainable Land Use and Mitigation of Greenhouse Warming /

• Main Author: Rosenberg, Norman J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Subjects: Environment.; Renewable energy resources.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Agriculture.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Climate change.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Climate Change.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.

The Great Plains of North America is a major global breadbasket but its agriculture is stressed by drought, heat spells, damaging winds, soil erosion and declining ground water resources. The great inter-annual variability in crop production and declining rural populations weaken an economy already...