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RESEARCH PAPER: Climate Change Solution

Agriculture is an undervalued and underestimated climate change tool that could be one of the most powerful strategies in the fight against global warming. Nearly 30 years of Rodale Institute soil carbon data show conclusively that improved global terrestrial stewardship--that specifically includes 21st Century regenerative agricultural practices--can be the most effective currently available strategy for mitigating CO2 emissions.  Read it and see the future of farming that can change the world.

Climate Change

I am always very grateful for the work at the Rodale Institute, especially in pursuit of solutions to climate change. But I have observed little or no activity on the subject of biochar sequestering. There was one mention by Dr. Paul Hepperly in 2005 "Carbon is the Key". I think this is a field in which Rodale ought to be doing research. The possibility of producing a sustainable, renewable source of energy, wood gas, and a rich soil amendment, biochar, from biomass has immense potential for reversing global warming. The earth's terrestrial flora alone is capturing solar energy in carbon bonds at a rate 3-6 times the energy use of the whole world. Anyway I hope this might be a poke in the right direction.

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