The fact that Chennai experienced its hottest day at 42.6☌ is alarming, and it's distressing to hear that this trend is expected to continue. It's disheartening to see the impacts of climate change unfolding before our eyes. #Biochar #SustainableAgriculture #PlantGrowth #GreenhouseExperiment #Sustainability #ClimateAction
Let's unlock the power of biochar together and cultivate a greener future! 🌍💚 I invite you to join the biochar revolution and explore its potential for transforming agriculture. By incorporating biochar into our agricultural practices, we can enhance soil fertility, reduce nutrient leaching, and promote sustainable food production. Its unique properties improve soil structure, nutrient retention, and water retention, creating a favorable environment for plant development.īiochar is not only a sustainable solution but also acts as a long-term carbon sink, helping to combat climate change. This solid carbon-rich material has proven to be a game-changer, supporting plant growth in a positive way. The difference is striking!Īs you can see, the Rey grass planted with biochar shows remarkable growth and vitality. On the left, we used traditional chemical fertilizer, while on the right, we relied solely on biochar with zero fertilizer. Take a look at these photos showcasing the growth of Rey grass after just two weeks. I am thrilled to share with my connections the incredible impact of biochar on plant growth. 🌱 Exciting results from my greenhouse experiment! 🌱 Image: drawdown of atmospheric CO2 into plant biomass of different plants categorized according to their mycorrhizal associations with the assessments of net primary productivity (NPP) 🍄 AM (arbuscular mycorrhizae)-associated vegetation extends over a larger area and exhibits greater biomass, while EcM (ectomycorrhizal) fungi make a relatively higher contribution to the carbon content in the soil. 🌳 It seems that plants that grow faster (such as herbaceous rather than woody plants, or broadleaf instead of needle leaf trees) distribute a greater amount of photosynthetic products to their mycorrhizal symbionts. 📊 This equates to 36% of current annual CO2 emissions from fossil fuels. 🏭 The estimated amount fixed by terrestrial plants and at least temporarily allocated to the underground mycelium of mycorrhizal fungi reaches 13.12 Gt of CO2e/year. 🧪 Mycorrhizal fungi release substances (such as exudates, chitin, or melanin) that aid in the retention of carbon in the soil. 2023 researchers examined almost 200 datasets to provide a worldwide numerical approximation of how plants distribute carbon to the mycelium of mycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhizal fungi as a global carbon sink 💨🍄 #soilscience #soilhealth #agriculture #maom #soilcarbon #iheartsoil It's definitely an exciting time to be a soil health scientist you will never be bored! The 200+ year SOM research saga continues. Personally, I become wildly engrossed with this research when I add in the molecular mineral-carbon characterization work from researchers such as Kleber, Lehmann, Chen, ThomasArrigo, Mikutta, Kretzchmar, Eusterhues, and Devin Rippner (to name a few please check out their work). The finding is very significant, mostly because it shows there's much, much more to discover about soil organic matter and the interactions between organic compounds, minerals, and microbes (especially if you're a MAOM modeler)!įiguring out the MAOM "loading capacity" of soil gets equally more confusing and exciting when you also throw in the results from Button et al's study (2022) that showed artificially enriching soil with iron minerals or salts to promote MAOM will produce very different results according to depth, substrate, and iron form. #biodiversity #climatechange #environment #people #future #health Įuropean Parliament Fisheries Committee shows blatant disregard for citizens’ concerns in damning nature restoration stance | ClientEarth Businesses increasingly agree that restoring nature is crucial for their future survival.
Investing in restoration is our best insurance for resilient food systems and integral to EU efforts to mitigate climate change. Today’s political shortsightedness puts the future of European fisheries and the health of our marine environment in real danger, with dire consequences for millions of people living and working in Europe.
This directly threatens the European Green Deal’s objectives of setting the EU on a path to a green and just transition. The NRL is the first EU law to set legally-binding targets to restore nature and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tackle the biodiversity and climate crises. The European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries (PECH) has entirely rejected the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) by a difference of just 1 vote (15 for rejection, 13 against).
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