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| Making carbon crediting really work for farmers | Carbon credits for farmers. Say those four words to 10 different people, and you’ll get at least eight different reactions. Some people love the idea of giving farmers credit for adding carbon to their soil and think it will incentivize farmers to adopt farming practices that will save the world. | Nov 19, 2009 |
| German assessment tools quantify sustainability at farm level | Teams of cross-disciplinary scientists in Germany have developed modeling tools to much more carefully assess farm by farm sustainability factors.
| Aug 28, 2009 |
| UC-Davis funds research on escaped nitrogen | Researchers at the University of California, Davis have received funding to explore the environmental repercussions of escaped nitrogen from agricultural productions. | Jun 22, 2009 |
| Climate changes to have dire impact on California agriculture, peer-reviewed articles say | Rising temperatures could make pears, peaches, almonds and other crops that need a winter chill unsuitable for California farms, while others could suffer lower yields, a new report says.
| Apr 15, 2009 |
| New wonder plant catches nutrients from wastewater and may be the new, cleaner ethanol | Research funded by the North Carolina Biofuels Center suggests that duckweed could turn into the major industrial crop of the 21st century. | Apr 08, 2009 |
| World-renowned soil scientist to tell Ohio State community that soil management is the answer to climate change | Rattan Lal, director of Ohio State University’s Carbon Management and Sequestration Center and Ohio State soil scientist, is set to give the keynote address at the university’s upcoming Earth Day Wooster Campus Scarlet, Gray and Green Fair. | Apr 08, 2009 |
| Australian drought shakes hinges of local food security | Now in its twelfth year of a devastating drought, Australia may already be feeling the effects of climate change more than any other continent. | Apr 06, 2009 |
| Veggies vary in carbon-footprint impact | Putting blanket labels on crop carbon footprint may be harder than once thought. | Apr 03, 2009 |
| Large-scale risks of biochar plantations promise questionable benefits, hazards believed to outweigh benefits | Large-scale biochar plantations are not the answer to saving the earth from climate change, says columnist George Monbiot | Mar 25, 2009 |
| Scientists unite to tell politicians enough is enough: act now on global warming! | More than 2,500 leading environmental experts worldwide issued a statement telling political leaders time is running out to act on global warming. | Mar 19, 2009 |
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