Girard Gaul: Research Project Part 2: Thesis and Sources

Thesis Statement: Although the United States’ growing demand for production of meat has contributed a positive influx to our GDP our environment is worse off because the total amount of greenhouse gases produced by this industry has been rising.

 

Works Cited:

Malik, A.  (2008). Causes of Climate Change. Available from http://login.proxy.library.uaf.edu/login? url=http://www.UAF.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=588423 .

Mendelsohn, R.  (2012). Handbook on Climate Change and Agriculture. Available from http://login.proxy.library.uaf.edu/login?url=http://www.UAF.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=830172 .

Lichtfouse, E. (2011). Alternative Farming Systems, Biotechnology, Drought Stress and Ecological Fertilisation. Available from http://login.proxy.library.uaf.edu/login?url=http://www.UAF.eblib.com/ patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=667005.

Dodson, J. (2010). Changing Climates, Earth Systems and Society.  Available from http://login.proxy. library.uaf.edu/login?url=http://www.UAF.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=646143 .

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. Horowitz, J. & Gottlieb, J.(2010). The role of agriculture in reducing greenhouse gas emissions (USDA, Economic brief; no.: 15). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing office.                 

Lichtfouse, E. (2011). Biodiversity, Biofuels, Agroforestry and Conservation Agriculture.  United States of America: Springer. ISBN: 978-90-481-9512-1.

Hillel, D. (2010). Handbook of Climate Change and Agroecosystems: Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation. Singapore: World Scientific. ISBN: 9781848166561.

Gao, W. (2010). UV radiation in global climate change: measurements, modeling and effects on ecosystems. Beijing : Tsinghua University Press, New York : Springer. ISBN: 9783642033131.

Lobell, D. (2010). Climate change and food security: adapting agriculture to a warmer world. New York: Springer. ISBN: 9789048129539.

Dodson, J. (2010). Changing Climates, Earth Systems and Society. New York: Springer. ISBN: 9789048187164.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Twenty-First Century Systems Agriculture. (2010). Toward sustainable agricultural systems in the 21st century. (Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Sciences, environmental report). Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press.

Ikerd, J. E. (2008). Crisis & opportunity : sustainability in American agriculture. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN: 9780803211421.

D’Silva, J. (2010). The Meat Crisis: Developing More Sustainable Production and Consumption. London, England: Earthscan. ISBN: 9781849776561.

Norton, G. (2010). Economics of Agricultural Development. Hoboken : Taylor & Francis. ISBN: 9780203852750.

Cline, W. R. (2007). Global warming and agriculture : impact estimates by country. Washington, DC : Center for Global Development : Peterson Institute for International Economics. ISBN: 9780881324037.