81 results for tag: remineralization

5th Brazilian Congress of Remineralizers Conference

Event: V Congresso Brasileiro de Rochagem Date: July 8 – 11, 2025 Location: Piracicaba, Brazil Host organization: Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo Seminar description: After 15 years of the realization of the 1st Brazilian Congress of Remineralizers, the theme of remineralization gained prominence in Brazil and in the world. Soil remineralizers (REM), are derived from silicate rocks and when properly used, improve soil conditions since they behave as multifunctional inputs (nutrient source, acid neutralization, colloid neoformation). The regulation of this input (Law 12,890 of 2013 and Normative ...

OpenAir CDR Webinar Series explores the science, strategies, and policies of carbon dioxide removal

Event: Carbon Dioxide Removal Webinar Series Date: Webinars in this series will run monthly through March of 2025. Stay tuned for more details on the last two webinars. Location: Remote Host organization: OpenAir Carbon Dioxide Removal Seminar description: As the world navigates the necessary transition away from polluting fuels toward clean energy, most climate scientists acknowledge that we must also remove climate pollution that has already been dumped into the atmosphere. The call for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) grows stronger as new analyses find that the global community is not on track to meet the Paris Agreement targets for ...

Free Online Seminar Series: Enhanced Rock Weathering in agriculture as a natural climate solution

Event: Enhanced Rock Weathering in agriculture as a natural climate solution Date: Weekly on Mondays from 12-1 pm ET from January 27th to April 14th, 2024 Location: Remote Host organization: Yale University Seminar description: Enhanced rock weathering is a process where finely ground silicate and carbonate rocks are spread on agricultural soils. The breakdown of these rocks removes carbon from the air and stores it in soils and soil water, while providing a variety of other crop and soil benefits. While this carbon dioxide removal practice has gained a lot of interest from researchers, industry, and government agencies, the science is ...

Climate Week NYC CDR Summit 2024

Event: Climate Week NYC CDR Summit 2024 Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Location: New York, NY (register to learn address) Host organization: Puro.earth Conference description: "This event is a pivotal gathering for leaders in the carbon dioxide removal (CDR) sector, focused on fostering collaboration, innovation, and investment in carbon removal technologies. "The Climate Week NYC CDR Summit aims to bring together industry pioneers, experts, and stakeholders in the carbon removal ecosystem. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in discussions, share insights, and explore the latest advancements in CDR methodologies." Co...

Milkywire’s Climate Transformation Fund Goes Above and Beyond for Enhanced Weathering

The perennial question surrounding carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is one of funding. Until recently, this had been especially true of enhanced rock weathering (ERW), where unanswered questions surrounding efficacy and scalability stymied all but the most concerted efforts to fund ERW initiatives. Now, despite the field’s relative immaturity, there has been a windfall in investment opportunities for ERW projects and companies. In May 2024, Milkywire selected 13 projects to support, including Flux and Mati Carbon, through their Climate Transformation Fund. The Climate Transformation Fund is one of five funds in Milkywire’s portfolio. It was ...

Navigating Geological Contrasts: Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture in Tanzania

Tanzania exhibits highly contrasting geology, which plays a crucial role in its strengths and limitations for agricultural development. Certain areas of the region contain abundant minerals for fertile soils while others suffer from depletion. This disparity arises largely from the region's unique geomorphological features, notably its location along the East African Rift System (EARS). The EARS is an extensive continental rift valley beginning at the Red Sea in the north, and extending eastward into the Indian Ocean (Wood & Turn). The rift is actively forming through extensional tectonics, a process that pulls apart the Earth’s crust, thinning ...

India’s Potential for Food Security and Climate Stabilization

Dr. Tedros Ghebreyefus has warned: “There is no vaccine for climate change.”  While this is currently true, recent advances in nature-based carbon dioxide removal strategies may offer an effective treatment of the problem.

AG-USA and the Agricultural Benefits of Sea-Based Minerals

Balanced soil creates nutrient-dense plants, and when animals eat these plants, they become stronger and healthier.

Breaking ground: Professor makes “rocks for crops” reality in Cameroon

In the early 2000s, Jean Pierre Nguetnkam from the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon, was inspired to start a research program on soil remineralization.

ERW24: Enhanced Rock Weathering Conference

Time & Location Conference Title: ERW24: Enhanced Rock Weathering Conference Host Organizations: Yale University Date: Apr 26 – Apr 27, 2024 Location: Yale University, Friday: Kline Geology Laboratory 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511. Saturday: Marsh Lecture Hall Gibbs Lab, 260 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511 Conference Description: “Join us at ERW24, the second annual Enhanced Rock Weathering Conference, held at Yale University. This conference aims to bring together experts in the field to discuss topics such as commercialization, cost, implementation, and new scientific advancements in rock weathering.” Special ...