ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Modeling Impact of Climate Change
and Management Practices on Greenhouse
Gas Emissions from Arable Soils
Alina Syp, Antoni Faber, Jerzy Kozyra, Robert Borek, Rafał Pudełko,
Magdalena Borzęcka-Walker, Zuzanna Jarosz
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Department of Agrometeorology and Applied Informatics, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation,
State Research Institute, Czartoryskich 8, 24-100 Puławy, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2011;20(6):1593-1602
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ABSTRACT
Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) were simulated from commonly used crop rotations in eastern Poland
for conventional and conservation tillage systems. We used denitrification-decomposition (DNDC) model
baseline climate conditions and two future climate scenarios (2030 and 2050). Analyzed cropping systems
included corn, rapeseed, and spring and winter wheat. It has been shown that an increase of temperature and
decrease of precipitation can reduce net global warming potential (GWP) by 2% in the 2030 climate scenario
and by 5% in the 2050 scenario in conventional tillage with reference to the baseline scenario. In the case of
conservation tillage, a reduction of GWP by 5% and by 10% was estimated. The use of conservation tillage
results decrease the GWP by 17-19% in the baseline scenario, in the 2030 scenario by 16-18%, and in the 2050
scenario by 15-17%. It also has been shown that change in climate conditions has declined biomass production
of winter wheat and corn, which may suggest that a larger area would be needed for these crops to maintain
production at the same level.