Question

question 19 of 34
how can intensive agricultural practices contribute to climate change?
a. certain methods of plowing release greenhouse gases.
b. the loss of trees to agriculture reduces the lands albedo.
c. livestock manure absorbs greenhouse gases.
d. fewer trees are available to fossilize into petroleum.

Explanation:

Certain plowing methods can release carbon - stored in the soil as greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide. The loss of trees for agriculture doesn't directly reduce albedo in a major climate - changing way compared to greenhouse gas release. Livestock manure actually emits greenhouse gases rather than absorbing them. The fossilization of trees into petroleum is a long - term geological process and not a significant factor in current climate change from agriculture.

Answer:

A. Certain methods of plowing release greenhouse gases.