33 results for tag: soil
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 ...
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.
Biogeochemical Potential of India to Feed the Nation and Stabilize Climate
Event name: Hybrid Monthly Scientific Meeting of Geological Society of IndiaDate: Wednesday, June 12, 2024Venue: The Office of the Geological Society of India, Bengaluru
Watch a recording of the presentation here.
Description
This meeting featured the presentation "Biogeochemical Potential of India to Feed the Nation and Stabilize Climate" by Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad Mir, Senior Geologist, Geological Survey of India, Bengaluru.
The Riches of Rock Dust, by the Get Real Alliance
The Get Real Alliance has released a documentary series covering topics from founder David Munson’s book Get Real: A Positive Solution to Climate Change. The eight episodes released so far describe the carbon cycle, biochar and rock dust, as well as issues related to grasslands, forests, oceans and more.
The Get Real Alliance explains their goals as follows: “The Get Real Alliance supports rock dust remineralization of soil and wetlands, biochar additions to soil for fertility and water retention, marine wetland restoration and overall agricultural changes.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKy4xikNEuk
The video above, “Episode 5: ...
The Riches of Rock Dust, by the Get Real Alliance
Episode 5 of an 8 part series around positive solution for climate change, created by the Get Real Alliance
Moving Beyond Academia: Rock Dust Local Founder Promotes Remineralization Research
Tom Vanacore with some of Rock Dust Local's rock dust products. Image from video by Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYourGreens
Remineralization proponents really should publish their own research for peer review, moving away from reliance on academic validation to convince policymakers and the public, says Rock Dust Local founder Tom Vanacore.
From left to right: Ted Dobson, Tom Vanacore and Ben Dobson, with a delivery of Rock Dust Local's biochar at Stone House Farm
“Most of the enhanced-weathering academic papers being published are either too highly technical to be understood by most people, or the protocols they’re using are all ...
New UC Davis Center Paves the Way for Rock Dust Research
If the world were to judge soil remineralization based on what could happen, rock dust amendments might already be standard procedure for the world’s farmers. The potential to use rock dust as a carbon storage tactic for climate change mitigation is well known in the scientific community, in addition to its ability to improve agricultural yields and soil health. Benefits like these are enough to make any policymaker or farmer at least consider the use of soil amendment programs, but expectations alone are not adequate to persuade any party to go “all in.”
Stakeholders include farmers, ranchers, politicians, business owners, and everyday ...
University of California receives $4.7M to Study Carbon Sequestration with Rock Dust, Compost and Biochar
An exciting new consortium led by the University of California, Davis, and the UC Working Lands Innovation Center is setting out to find new ways of taking excess carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere using Nature’s best resource — soil.
The multipartner consortium has received a $4.7 million grant from California’s Strategic Growth Council to research and study the use of soil amendments in carbon sequestration.
Carbon sequestration is the process of removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it as a fixed molecule in a carbon sink, such as soil, oceans or plants. While this happens naturally, human advancements in agriculture and ...
