110 results for group: climate-change
Enhanced weathering in the U.S. Corn Belt delivers carbon removal with agronomic benefits
David J. Beerling, Dimitar Z. Epihov, Ilsa B. Kantola, Michael D. Masters, Tom Reershemius, Noah J. Planavsky, Christopher T. Reinhard, Jacob S. Jordan, Sarah J. Thorne1, James Weber, Maria Val Martin, Robert P. Freckleton, Sue E. Hartley, Rachael H. James, Christopher R. Pearce, Evan H. DeLucia, Steven A. Banwart
Abstract
Enhanced weathering (EW) with crushed basalt on farmlands is a promising
scalable atmospheric carbon dioxide removal strategy that urgently requires
performance assessment with commercial farming practices. Our large-scale
replicated EW field trial in the heart of the U.S. Corn Belt shows cumulative time integrated carbon ...
Optimizing Inorganic Carbon Sequestration and Crop Yield With Wollastonite Soil Amendment in a Microplot Study
Fatima Haque, Rafael M. Santos, Yi Wai Chiang
Abstract
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a major greenhouse gas, and its concentration in the atmosphere is increasing continuously, hence there is an urgent need to reduce its level in the atmosphere. Soils offer a large natural sink to store CO2. This study focuses on sequestering CO2 in the agricultural soils as inorganic carbon, which can be accomplished by adding alkaline-earth silicates. Wollastonite is used in this study as a soil amendment, to sequester CO2 via the geochemical route of mineral carbonation. The first objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of mixing a wide range of ...
Global Sequestration Potential of Increased Organic Carbon in Cropland Soils
Robert J. Zomer, Deborah A. Bossio, Rolf Sommer, Louis V. Verchot
Abstract
The role of soil organic carbon in global carbon cycles is receiving increasing attention both as a potentially large and uncertain source of CO2 emissions in response to predicted global temperature rises, and as a natural sink for carbon able to reduce atmospheric CO2. There is general agreement that the technical potential for sequestration of carbon in soil is signifcant, and some consensus on the
magnitude of that potential. Croplands worldwide could sequester between 0.90 and 1.85 Pg C/yr, i.e. 26–53% of the target of the “4p1000 Initiative: Soils for Food ...
ENHANCED WEATHERING AND CARBONATATION: USE OF WOLLASTONITE MINERAL TO REDUCE THE ATMOSPHERIC CO2
Prof. Dr. Antonio Nilson Zamunér Filho – UFCAT/FENG
Prof. Dr. Antover Panazollo Sarmento – UFCAT/FENG
Fernanda Macedo
INTRODUCTION
Healthy soils provide the largest reserve of terrestrial carbon. When managed
irresponsibly or cultivated through unsustainable agricultural practices, the carbon present in the soil can be released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2), which can contribute to climate change. The constant conversion of forests to agricultural land and pastures has resulted in historical losses of soil carbon worldwide, however, with the restoration of degraded soils and the adoption of soil conservation ...
Nutrient-doped synthetic silicates for enhanced weathering, remineralization and fertilization on agricultural lands of global cold regions – A perspective on the research ahead
Andrea Hicks, Pratik Dholabhai, Asif Ali, Rafael M. Santos
Abstract
There is now a dire demand for negative emissions technologies (which sequester CO2 from the atmosphere) that can be rapidly deployed, are scalable, and are demonstrably safe and effective. Enhanced weathering of silicate minerals has demonstrated a significant potential for CO2 capture and sequestration by the formation of pedogenic carbonates in soils, subsoils, and sediments. This technique has also been shown to deliver fruitful results in terms of improving soil health, and in turn plant health, through remineralization. The silicate minerals that possess the highest ...
The potential of enhanced weathering as a CO2 removal technique in UK agricultural soils
Frances Buckingham
Abstract
Enhanced weathering (EW) is increasingly proposed as a promising negative emission
technology that sequesters atmospheric carbon dioxide without substantially changing
established agricultural practices. Current estimates suggest enhanced weathering
could remove 0.5-4 GtCO2 yr-1 globally by the end of this century (Smith et al., 2015) which equates to a substantial fraction of global anthropogenic emissions (49 GtCO2eq yr-1; IPCC, 2014). However, these estimates are based on limited experimental
assessment of the complexities of the soil environment which inhibit alkalinity release, and existing pot and core ...
Silicate weathering in the Ganges alluvial plain
Patrick J. Frings, Wim Clymans, Guillaume Fontorbe, William Gray, Govind J. Chakrapani, Daniel J. Conley, Christina De La Rocha
Abstract
The Ganges is one of the world’s largest rivers and lies at the heart of a body of literature that investigates the interaction between mountain orogeny, weathering and global climate change. Three regions can be recognised in the Ganges basin, with the Himalayan orogeny to the north and the plateaus of peninsular India to the south together delimiting the Ganges alluvial plain. Despite constituting approximately 80%
of the basin, weathering processes in the peninsula and alluvial plain have received little ...
oxalate secretion by ectomycorrhizal Paxillus involutus is mineral-speciic and controls calcium weathering from minerals
A. schmalenberger, A. L. Duran, A. W. Bray, J. Bridge, s. Bonneville, L. G. Benning, M. e. Romero-Gonzalez, J. R. Leake, s. A. Banwart
Abstract
oxalate secretion by ectomycorrhizal Paxillus involutus is mineral-speciic and controls calcium weathering from minerals
