Ukraine’s Path to Soil Remineralization

In a field in Eastern Ukraine, where heavy military equipment was moving just a few months ago, agronomists are now attempting to restore degraded soils by spreading finely ground basalt across the soil. What looks like an ordinary farming operation is, in fact, an attempt to build an evidence pipeline:mineral → field → measurement → standardization. This is where agronomic effects can already be observed on the ground, though the climate layer still requires formal Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) frameworks, that is, a transparent system for monitoring, reporting, and independently verifying carbon dioxide removal. This is ...