Farming – Carbon Farming

7 Reasons Why Arctic Sea Ice Matters

Dec 12, 2018

Source: mnn.com Published: December 12, 2018 Ice in the central Arctic Ocean has thinned by more than 60 percent since 1975. (Photo: Pablo Clemente-Colon/NOAA) The vanishing veneer of frozen ocean isn’t just vital for polar bears. By Russell McLendon The...

The Race to Reinvent Cement 

Oct 4, 2018

Source: anthropocenemagazine.org Published: October 4, 2018 What if we could transform the material that built the modern world from a climate wrecker into a carbon sponge? By Akshat Rathi Fast-forward Earth about a million years. Humanity has come and...

What Is Carbon Capture and Storage, and Why Do We Need It?

Nov 10, 2017

Source: wvpublic.org Published Date: November 10, 2017 By Glynis Board A bipartisan group in Congress, including several Ohio Valley lawmakers, is pushing for more federal support for poorly understood technology known as carbon capture and storage. The lawmakers and...

Land Use Can Achieve 30% of Carbon Cuts by 2030

Nov 1, 2017

Source: climatenewsnetwork.net Published: November 1, 2017 Less than ideal: Land in Sumatra converted for oil palm cultivation. Image: Hayden (Oil Palm Concession) via Wikimedia Commons By Tim Radford Rethinking land use – the way we exploit, manage and neglect...

How a Forest with More Mammals Stores More Carbon

Oct 18, 2017

Source: organicconsumers.org Published: October 18, 2017 by Brandon Keim To the many moral and practical reasons for protecting the creatures with whom we share this blue marble, add one more. They might help Earth safely store more carbon. Writing in the...

Farmland Can Sequester Carbon from the Atmosphere

Aug 21, 2017

Source: voanews.com Published: August 21, 2017 Truck being loaded with compost at the Stemple Creek Ranch in Tomales, California, which is participating in a decade-long trial carbon farming program. By Jan Sluizer SAN FRANCISCO–California rancher John Wick says...

Mangroves: A Star Player in The Coastal Protection Game

Aug 9, 2017

Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: August 9, 2017 An extensive blue-water mangrove is lined by red mangrove prop roots, Rhizophora mangle, reaching into the water at high tide. Raja Ampat, Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean. © Ethan Daniels They do it all: sequester...