Planting diverse crops traps carbon and boosts soil health
Ever wonder why some farmers keep planting different crops or allowing wildflowers to flourish on the periphery of their field? It's not just to create a pretty scene. Planting diverse crops involves something as intricate and invisible as bacteria and as immense and palpable as carbon storage and climate change. Agriculture has a carbon issue A large portion of the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere originates from the soil. Plowing, tilling, and harvesting release carbon from the ground and send it skywards. Despite the well-intentioned green thumb, agriculture finds itself in the red. About 40% of the world's land is used for...
Groups push for more oversight of carbon sequestration projects
(The Center Square) – The carbon capture industry lacks significant transparency with billions of tax dollars at stake, according to groups urging U.S. Congress for more oversight. After a series of leaks of carbon capture wells at an ADM plant in Decatur, Illinois, the company voluntarily halted operations. The issue has heightened concerns about negative impacts such leaks have on aquifers and the environment. During a recent briefing to congressional...
Can we mitigate climate change with deep ocean carbon storage?
Greenhouse gas emissions continue to drive global temperatures upward. Individuals and organizations worldwide intensify their focus on climate change mitigation and urgently seek solutions to reduce carbon emissions. Scientists at the University of California, Irvine, have uncovered a unique carbon storage technique in the deep ocean that offers new strategies to combat the climate crisis. New knowledge from the ocean depths The researchers used an innovative method to observe the cycling of complex organic molecules created by marine bacteria in seawater. They unraveled how these molecules contribute to carbon storage in the deep sea. "Our new technique is great because you're able to look...