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March 2009 - Articles & Seeds
Can 'biochar' save the planet?
Seeded on Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:49 AM EDT (CNN)
Over the railroad tracks, near Agriculture Drive on the University of Georgia campus, sits a unique machine that may hold one of the solutions to big environmental problems like energy, food production and even global climate change.
James Lovelock on Biochar: let the Earth remove CO2 for us
Seeded on Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:16 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
James Lovelock: George Monbiot is wrong to dismiss biochar out of hand – burying carbon is one way to tackle climate change
Agriculture, Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration
Seeded on Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:05 PM EDT (attra.ncat.org)
ATTRA released this report discussing how climate change and argiculture are linked. It is very detailed and covers many topics.
Biochar: It's elemental my dear Watson
Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:53 PM EDT
It just occurred to me why I find Biochar so interesting.
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Make Biochar — this Ancient Technique Will Improve Your Soil
Seeded on Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:08 PM EDT ()
Last year, I committed one of the great sins of gardening: I let weeds go to seed. Cleaning up in fall, I faced down a ton of seed-bearing foxtail, burdock and crabgrass.
No-Till Works, But Not Always Applicable for Storing Carbon
Seeded on Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:01 PM EDT (www.ag.ohio-state.edu)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No-till is recognized globally as an ideal means of conserving soil and water while also storing soil carbon, but the agricultural practice may not be applicable under all environmental conditions.
Munda tribals use charcoal
Seeded on Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:56 PM EDT (e-terrapreta.blogspot.com)
Munda tribals living in the parts Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal states, in India, use of biochar in increasing the crop production.
Biochar Article
Seeded on Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:51 PM EDT (tim-gamble.blogspot.com)
Last year, I committed one of the great sins of gardening: I let weeds go to seed. Cleaning up in fall, I faced down a ton of seed-bearing foxtail, burdock and crabgrass.
Biochar: transforming waste into renewable energy
Seeded on Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:48 PM EDT (yass.yourguide.com.au)
Thousands of years ago, Amazonian Indians burned their waste organic matter in low intensity fires covered with dirt and straw. The smouldering heat charred the organic matter, which was added to their soils.
Climate change: The EU Commission dishes the dirt on the importance of soil
Seeded on Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:00 PM EDT (www.guatemala-times.com)
The European Commission (EC) has released a report that underlines the role that soils can play in mitigating climate change.
Biochar – a win win for jobs, agriculture and the environment
Seeded on Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:58 PM EDT (webdiary.com.au)
Biochar – a win win for jobs, agriculture and the environment by John Pratt Is Malcolm Turnbull on to something? Recently he has become a champion of biochar.
Farming part of the carbon solution
Seeded on Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:55 PM EDT (canberratimes.com.au)
Scientists worldwide recognise the very real opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere through storing carbon in biological systems.
Poor soil management could speed climate change, report warns
Seeded on Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:54 PM EDT (www.edie.net)
Poor soil management could worsen climate change, a new European Commission report warns.
New Book Presents Key Concepts Into Understanding Soil Carbon Sequestration
Seeded on Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:52 PM EDT (www.azocleantech.com)
As the severity of climate change increases with each passing year, researchers continue to study the ways that greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere.
WAFF backs soil carbon research
Seeded on Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:50 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The Western Australian Farmers Federation (WAFF) has welcomed the Federal Government's plans to spend millions of dollars on soil carbon research.
Carbon hopes push case for charcoal | The Australian
Seeded on Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:48 PM EDT (Australian News Network)
MALCOLM Turnbull's name will be blessed forever by many scientists and bio-businesspeople after he thrust into the spotlight the technology that produces charcoal-based fertiliser.
Israeli and Palestinian Ongoing Water Crisis
Seeded on Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:22 PM EDT (globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com)
This enunciates the underlying problem facing the Israelis and the Palestinians. It is not going to be solved accessing any further sources of fresh water.
Clean Tech: Force It or Fund It?
Seeded on Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:10 AM EDT (Sciam)
Two experts favor different strategies to prompt the innovation of clean alternative energy technologies.
Obama's Climate Challenge: Winning the Carbon Game
Seeded on Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:07 AM EDT (Sciam)
When it comes to perhaps the largest and most complex policy challenge facing the Obama administration—finally slowing the pace of global warming before dangerous changes become unstoppable—the new president stares down a Dickensian paradox.
Biochar: Is the hype justified?
Seeded on Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:50 PM EDT (BBC News)
Green guru James Lovelock claims that the only hope of mitigating catastrophic climate change is through biochar - biomass "cooked" by pyrolysis.
Can biochar help save the world?
Seeded on Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:47 PM EDT (www.chinadialogue.net)
Farmers in the Amazon basin have long used "the dark earth of the Indians" as fertiliser. Now experts say the carbon-capturing substance may ease some earthly crises. Fiona Harvey reports.
The Promise of Biochar
Seeded on Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:37 PM EDT (YouTube)
A good introduction to biochar has been uploaded to youtube recently. The 2nd part is here:
Rottlady's Hints for Newsviner's #3
Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:15 AM EDT
A while ago I published a couple of articles with some of my hints on how to navigate Newsvine and it seems like they went over fairly well. So I decided to continue with some additional hints and explanations on how things work around here.
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Microwave that locks carbon in charcoal may be our best weapon in the fight against global warming, say scientists
Seeded on Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:16 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Giant microwave ovens that can "cook" wood into charcoal could become our best tool in the fight against global warming, according to a leading British climate scientist. Chris Turney, a professor of geography at the University of Exeter, said that by burying the charcoal produc …
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