Sequestration Content

Compost Key to Sequestering Carbon in the Soil

Katherine E Kerlin — August 14, 2019 - 3:24pm

By moving beyond the surface level and literally digging deep, scientists at the University of California, Davis, found that compost is a key to storing carbon in semi-arid cropland soils, a strategy for offsetting CO2 emissions.

For their 19-year study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, scientists dug roughly 6 feet down to compare soil carbon changes in conventional, cover-cropped and compost-added plots of corn-tomato and wheat-fallow cropping systems. They found that:

Grasslands More Reliable Carbon Sink Than Trees

Katherine E Kerlin — July 09, 2018 - 2:36pm

Grasslands and rangelands are more resilient carbon sinks than forests in California due to wildfire risks and climate change, a 51�ԹϺ�� Davis study found,. This has implications for the cap-and-trade market.

New Source of Global Nitrogen Discovered

Katherine E Kerlin — April 05, 2018 - 4:25pm

Not all of the nitrogen on the planet comes from the atmosphere, according to a 51�ԹϺ�� Davis study in the journal Science. Up to a quarter comes from Earth’s bedrock. The discovery could greatly improve climate change projections.

51�ԹϺ��TV Shows Natural Climate Solutions Symposium

Katherine E Kerlin — June 13, 2016 - 10:40am

Highlights from the Natural Climate Solutions Symposium hosted by 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Policy INstitute for Energy, Environment and the Economy are available online on 51�ԹϺ��TV. Broadcast June 20-26. Speakers include California Governor Jerry Brown, California Senator Fran Pavley, 51�ԹϺ�� Davis' Kit Batten and Ben Houlton, and more.

Sequestration Content

Compost Key to Sequestering Carbon in the Soil

Grasslands More Reliable Carbon Sink Than Trees

New Source of Global Nitrogen Discovered

51�ԹϺ���TV Shows Natural Climate Solutions Symposium

51�ԹϺ��TV Shows Natural Climate Solutions Symposium