#soilcarbonsequestration — Public Fediverse posts on home.social

2025-12-03

"The researchers concluded that cutting dependence on synthetic nitrogen fertilisers offers one of the fastest, highest-impact opportunities, with gigaton-scale potential for reducing global carbon emissions."

https://www.seedworld.com/europe/2025/12/03/farms-could-be-our-secret-climate-weapon/

Oh hey.
Who makes huge profits on synthetic nitrogen fertilisers?
Ah: the fossil fuel industry.
Cue the lobby to delay efforts on #SoilCarbonSequestration

The time-release version is wrapped in plastic microbubbles. So microplastics in the soil.
Yay! </sarc>

#soilcarbonsequestration

CelloMom On Cars @[email protected]

2025-12-03

"“Global croplands are estimated to capture more than 115 gigatons of carbon dioxide annually through photosynthesis,” she said.

“Even modest improvements in how crops capture, use, and store that carbon, if applied across existing farmland, could deliver huge climate benefits.”

https://www.seedworld.com/europe/2025/12/03/farms-could-be-our-secret-climate-weapon/
#SoilCarbonSequestration

#soilcarbonsequestration

CelloMom On Cars @[email protected]

2025-03-22

"An international team of scientists conducted a comprehensive assessment of global changes in carbon stored in woody vegetation between 1992 and 2019.

This study, published in the journal Science, revealed that most of the CO2 accumulated over that period was locked away as non-living organic matter in soil, deadwood, and reservoirs such as dams and landfills."

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/soil-and-sediment-lock-away-more-co2-than-thought-study
#SoilCarbonSequestration

#soilcarbonsequestration

CelloMom On Cars @[email protected]

2023-07-04

"Marginal improvements to #agricultural #soils around the world would store enough #carbon to keep the world within 1.5C of global heating, new research suggests."

“Outside the f#arming sector, people do not understand how important soils are to the #climate,” said McGlade. “Changing farming could make soils carbon negative, making them absorb carbon, and reducing the cost of farming.”

#SoilCarbonSequestration
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/04/improving-farming-soil-carbon-store-global-heating-target

#agricultural #soils #carbon #climate #soilcarbonsequestration