#carbon storage

[wewantclimateactionnow]

"To avoid integrity issues, the world will need robust regulations on how carbon removal is conducted. This includes:

agreed standards to measure carbon removal in ways that rule out dodgy or temporary carbon removal

more advanced carbon removal technologies that bring down the cost and reduce land and energy requirements

more sophisticated ways of aligning carbon removal with social justice so that sovereignty and humanity rights are prioritised over carbon markets

a system of incentives to encourage carbon removal. States, companies and other actors should be rewarded for their climate restoration work, but these efforts must be additional to actual emissions reduction.

Of course, the best thing to do is to stop emitting carbon. However, preserving a safe climate will likely require us to go further. It’s time to start a democratic discussion about carbon removal."

[bumblebeeappletree]

Peatlands are real carbon storing champions. But as we need more farmland, we're drying them up at alarming rates and release enormous amounts of CO2 in the process. What to do about it? Well, there might just be a way to do both — keep the ground wet AND grow food on it.

Reporter: Kai Steinecke

Camera: Henning Goll

Video editor: Kai Steinecke

Supervising editors: Joanna Gotschalk, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann

We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.

#PlanetA #Peatlands #SustainableAgriculture

Read more:

History and future of peatland emissions:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s4155...

Restoring peatlands:

https://eprints.ncl.ac.uk/file_store/...

Water level and emissions:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158...

Paludiculture in Germany:

https://link.springer.com/article/10....

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:34 Welcome to the wet farm

03:37 Carbon storing champs

05:16 Paludiculture

07:50 How to rewet?

09:39 Talking money

11:21 Conclusion

[rjzimmerman]

Explore the website and enjoy, but then you’ll probably wonder what this thing is. Description of what this project is from Inside Climate News:

The nonprofit CTrees will unveil the new platform at COP27 next month. The database compiles data from universities, space agencies and commercial satellites integrated with artificial intelligence to measure the carbon stored in the planet’s trees. This information can be used to validate carbon markets and offsets, said the platform’s lead creator Sassan Saatchi, a senior scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

“It’s a platform that works at the scale of every tree, and then integrates everything to the whole planet,” said Saatchi. “It will tell you exactly the footprint of even a single tree on the whole carbon cycle of the planet.”

Saatchi said this platform is unique from other carbon accounting platforms because it is global, accounts for all trees inside and outside of defined forests, and can map not only deforestation through clear cut logging but also degradation of forests through selective logging to account for the carbon lost through those activities.

[prose2passion]

this is about inorganic carbon compounds, such as calcium carbonate.

[jcmarchi]

New approach to monitoring freshwater quality can identify sources of pollution, and predict their effects - Technology Org

New Post has been published on https://thedigitalinsider.com/new-approach-to-monitoring-freshwater-quality-can-identify-sources-of-pollution-and-predict-their-effects-technology-org/

New approach to monitoring freshwater quality can identify sources of pollution, and predict their effects - Technology Org

Analysing the diversity of organic compounds dissolved in freshwater provides a reliable measure of ecosystem health, say scientists.

According to scientists at the University of Cambridge and Trent University, Canada, the source of pollutants in rivers and freshwater lakes can now be identified using a comprehensive new water quality analysis.

Microparticles from car tyres, pesticides from farmers’ fields, and toxins from harmful algal blooms are just some of the organic chemicals that can be detected using the new approach, which also indicates the impact these chemicals are likely to have in a particular river or lake.

Importantly, the approach can also point to the origin of specific organic matter dissolved in the water, because it has a distinct composition depending on its source.

The approach uses a technique called high-resolution mass spectrometry to analyse water samples: within an hour this provides a comprehensive overview of all the organic molecules present.

Water quality is strongly determined by the diversity of organic matter dissolved in it – termed ‘chemodiversity.’ The scientists say that the thousands of different dissolved organic compounds can keep freshwater ecosystems healthy, or contribute to their decline, depending on the mixture present.

The paper is published today in the journal Science.

“Traditional approaches to monitoring water quality involve taking lots of different measurements with many devices, which takes a lot of time. Our technique is a very simple way to get a comprehensive overview of what’s going on in a particular river or lake,” said Jérémy Fonvielle, a researcher in the University of Cambridge’s Departments of Plant Sciences and Biochemistry, and co-author of the paper.

To understand what drives this chemodiversity, the team reviewed studies of dissolved organic matter in freshwater samples from rivers and lakes across Europe and northern Canada.

For example, water analysis of Lake Erie in Canada revealed high levels of phosphorus pollution. By looking at the composition of individual molecules in the water sample, researchers identified agricultural activities as the source of this pollution, rather than wastewater effluent. 

“Whereas before, we could measure the amount of organic nitrogen or phosphorus pollution in a river, we couldn’t really identify where pollution was coming from. With our new approach we can use the unique molecular fingerprint of different sources of pollution in freshwater to identify their source,” said Dr Andrew Tanentzap at Trent University School of the Environment, co-author of the report.

Traditional approaches involve separately measuring many indicators of ecosystem health, such as the level of organic nutrients or particular pollutants like nitrogen. These can indicate the condition of the water, but not why this state has arisen.

Dissolved organic matter is one of the most complex mixtures on Earth. It consists of thousands of individual molecules, each with their own unique properties. This matter influences many processes in rivers and lakes, including nutrient cycling, carbon storage, light absorption, and food web interactions – which together determine ecosystem function.

Sources of dissolved organic matter in freshwater include urban runoff, agricultural runoff, aerosols and wildfires.

“It’s possible to monitor the health of freshwater through the diversity of compounds that are present. Our approach can, and is, being rolled out across the UK,” said Tanentzap.

Fonvielle will now apply this technique to analysing water samples from farmland drainage ditches in the Fens, as part of a project run by the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Landscape Regeneration to understand freshwater health in this agricultural landscape.

Source: Cambridge University

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[bettreworld]

Space Tech for Weighing Trees | Nature IS | Episode 102 with Florian Reber

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The global Direct Air Capture Market is expected to grow from an estimated USD 62 million in 2023 to USD 1,727 million by 2030, at a CAGR of 60.9% during the 2023–2030 period according to a new report by MarketsandMarkets™.

[delicatelysublimeforester]

Restoring Forests to Fight Climate Change

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It allows the soil to store water better in dry times, and to drain better in heavy rains.

"Soil: The incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthy" - Matthew Evans

[ilbioeconomista]

Neste, LyondellBasell, Biofibre and Naftex bring biopolymers in the construction sector

Neste’s headquarter in Espoo, Finland Neste, LyondellBasell, Biofibre and Naftex have created a value chain to combine bio-based polymers with natural fiber for the manufacturing of construction elements. The combination of polymers with measurable bio-based content and natural fiber in construction elements creates carbone storage which can help tackle climate change.  Continue reading Untitled

[wewantclimateactionnow]

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Banks and other big businesses will be forced to come clean with the public about what they are doing to cut emissions under plans put forward by the Albanese government.

The government is also looking for ways to crack down on “greenwashing” – or when businesses try to win over consumers by overhyping their environmental practices.

"The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, will say in a speech in Sydney on Monday that Australian firms “need to make credible disclosures to remain competitive in global capital markets”.

[bumblebeeappletree]

How do trees clean the air and store carbon? Find out how trees benefit people and the planet!

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00:00 Intro

00:40 Photosynthesis

00:56 Air pollution

1:42 Storing carbon

2:51 Conclusion

Trees help the world in many ways - they create habitats for wildlife, filter water, improve community health and well-being, clean the air, and sequester carbon. Trees are like the lungs of the world, and they create a lot of the oxygen we breathe. Trees absorb carbon dioxide through pores on their leaves called stomata. Through photosynthesis oxygen is released into the atmosphere through the stomata.

Trees also remove pollution form the air, which comes from many sources such as burning fossil fuels, manufacturing, and forest fires. It comes in different forms such as particulate matter which can be intercepted by the tree's bark, branches, and leaves. There are also gaseous pollutants that are absorbed through the stomata on the leaves' surfaces. Healthy trees reduce air pollution and are able to help prevent respiratory illnesses caused by pollutants. Trees also cool the air by creating shade and releasing water vapor.

Trees also store carbon, which helps to mitigate climate change. Trees remove carbon dioxide from the air during photosynthesis and store this carbon in their roots, leaves, trunks, and branches. As the trees grow larger, they store more and more carbon making them an excellent long term carbon storage system. However, deforestation and human-caused fires disrupt the cycle of carbon storage and can be major sources of carbon being released back into the atmosphere.

To mitigate climate change and help clean the air there are a few things we can do. By practicing sustainable management, protecting forests, and planting trees we can slow the rise in temperature. But we can’t do it alone.

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[prose2passion]

we could store it in the shape of books?