Environment & Ecology : Climate Change & Global Warming

Q 9 / 11

Due to their extensive rice cultivation, some regions may be contributing to global warming. To what possible reason/reasons is this attributable?

  1. The anaerobic conditions associated with rice cultivation cause the emission of methane.
  2. When nitrogen-based fertilizers are used, nitrous oxide is emitted from the cultivated soil.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?