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No-till management may reduce nitrous oxide gas releases, fight climate change

Penn State University · Jeff Mulhollem · last updated

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Scientists have long known that no-till farming reduces erosion and lessens water and nutrient runoff from crop fields, but now a new study by a team of Penn State researchers suggests that limiting soil disturbance may also diminish releases of nitrous oxide.

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