More bullish organizations, such as the Rodale Institute and The Carbon Underground, state that shifting agriculture globally to regenerative practices could draw down more than 100% of annual global carbon emissions.
Hi Margot! Your title is interesting -- what I usually read is that many (regenerative) farmers are interested in REDUCING inputs (like fertilizer and herbicide) in order to reduce costs, while increasing (or maintaining) outputs like quantity of food produced, quantity of life in the soil, diversity of life in the ecosystem.
I suppose your title has a focus on CARBON specifically?
The Savory Institute has a wonderful Ecological Outcome Verification program to measure changes in the farm ecosystem as a result of regeneration-supporting choices.
Hi Leslie, thank you for the comment!! Yes, you're right about the title--it refers to carbon specifically and hopefully invokes thoughts about how the opposite plays out in terms of farmers' resource use! And The Savory Institute's program sounds super interesting. I'll check them out!
Thank you for putting the time and research into this article, Margot! I especially appreciate the links throughout that has given me 20 more tabs to check out and further my understanding. I truly hope to delve into this regime after grad school but I'm coming from a very different background. This article is extremely helpful!
Soil Scientist Walter Jehne (Australia) is on the leading edge of using soils to cool the planet - how much do you know about him and his science/facts/justification? How about this - 95% of the earth's heat dynamic is controlled by hydrology (water). 60% of the earth's greenhouse gases are water vapor - 20% are carbon dioxide. Are we on track?
Hydrogen The Gas That Keeps On Giving. No Matter What Color, Greenwashed Thru and thru
it's impossible to contain hydrogen leeks, one of the smallest of molecules can slip thru any pipe material. A short interview episode on 'Hydrogen- and the Decarbonization Problem' with chemist Paul Martin As society begins to understand the importance of energy to our futures, all sorts of things that 'deliver energy' will become popular. But energy at what cost? Here's preview a short preview from a 1 hr.20 min episode on 'Hydrogen- and the Decarbonization Problem' with chemist Paul Martin-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVjEK_PjvD0
How can you drive your readers to Bayer ? This company doesn't help people and the planet as it's written in the article, on the contrary this company is looking only for his profit. It's one of the more toxic companies about pollution and finance behaviour.
dear Gigaton staff- have you written yet about "natural" geological free hydrogen? This is extremely interesting as an active area of low carbon investment Google it- USGS just did a feature on it. Big conference coming up this fall in Houston. Very Cool!
Hi Margot! Your title is interesting -- what I usually read is that many (regenerative) farmers are interested in REDUCING inputs (like fertilizer and herbicide) in order to reduce costs, while increasing (or maintaining) outputs like quantity of food produced, quantity of life in the soil, diversity of life in the ecosystem.
I suppose your title has a focus on CARBON specifically?
The Savory Institute has a wonderful Ecological Outcome Verification program to measure changes in the farm ecosystem as a result of regeneration-supporting choices.
https://savory.global/eov/
Thanks for your good work!
Hi Leslie, thank you for the comment!! Yes, you're right about the title--it refers to carbon specifically and hopefully invokes thoughts about how the opposite plays out in terms of farmers' resource use! And The Savory Institute's program sounds super interesting. I'll check them out!
Dr. Jo Handelsman, a world renowned scientist and former White House Science advisor, wrote this excellent book on the subject. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300271119/a-world-without-soil/
Thank you for putting the time and research into this article, Margot! I especially appreciate the links throughout that has given me 20 more tabs to check out and further my understanding. I truly hope to delve into this regime after grad school but I'm coming from a very different background. This article is extremely helpful!
Soil Scientist Walter Jehne (Australia) is on the leading edge of using soils to cool the planet - how much do you know about him and his science/facts/justification? How about this - 95% of the earth's heat dynamic is controlled by hydrology (water). 60% of the earth's greenhouse gases are water vapor - 20% are carbon dioxide. Are we on track?
Hydrogen Deep Dive With Chemical Engineer Paul Matin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVjEK_PjvD0
Hydrogen The Gas That Keeps On Giving. No Matter What Color, Greenwashed Thru and thru
it's impossible to contain hydrogen leeks, one of the smallest of molecules can slip thru any pipe material. A short interview episode on 'Hydrogen- and the Decarbonization Problem' with chemist Paul Martin As society begins to understand the importance of energy to our futures, all sorts of things that 'deliver energy' will become popular. But energy at what cost? Here's preview a short preview from a 1 hr.20 min episode on 'Hydrogen- and the Decarbonization Problem' with chemist Paul Martin-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVjEK_PjvD0
The Deep Dive into Hydrogen with Paul Martin chemical engineer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVjEK_PjvD0
How can you drive your readers to Bayer ? This company doesn't help people and the planet as it's written in the article, on the contrary this company is looking only for his profit. It's one of the more toxic companies about pollution and finance behaviour.
dear Gigaton staff- have you written yet about "natural" geological free hydrogen? This is extremely interesting as an active area of low carbon investment Google it- USGS just did a feature on it. Big conference coming up this fall in Houston. Very Cool!