Tag: climate change

  • Royal Society report mentions biochar

    Royal Society report mentions biochar

    I’ve posted before on Royal Society discussion on biochar (try a search on ‘royal society’). I missed this important report [linked here] when it was released last year.  A search […]

  • Vivid Economics report

    This new report is a bit of a disappointment if you are looking for any focus on biochar or soil carbon but they did at least try to include something… […]

  • Methane & biochar

    Interest in methane is bubbling up all over the pace right now… New research explores how wetlands and agriculture could be causing a global rise in methane And MPI have […]

  • World Soil Day

    This was 5th December (aligned with past King of Thailand’s birthday) so we missed celebrating it here at ABE… & in NZ… and the world generally! After watching the video […]

  • World Soil Day: 05Dec.

    This posted here recently by Dr Tom Goreau… “Last year, December 5 2015 was not only World Soil Day, but 2015 was also the Year of the Soil, sponsored by […]

  • Important new publication

    This is a heavy read but should be of keen interest to folk concerned about biochar’s future role in climate change and carbon sequestration… From: Tom Miles Date: 22 October […]

  • NZ scientific ‘roadmap’

    Govt lays out scientific ‘roadmap’ The roadmap is discussed at the RNZ website, linked above. I’ve searched the document for reference to biochar… zero results but no surprise there. I […]

  • MPI funding opportunity for biochar research

    Biochar gets a specific mention by MPI as a research option under “Theme 2, Carbon sink enhancement”. It looks to me like it could fit other theme criteria as well… […]

  • The biochar NET

    The Best Technology for Fighting Climate Change? Trees Between now and 2050, forests are one of our “most promising” geo-engineering tools. …But in a new report, Oxford University researchers say that […]

  • Rethink needed on cutting agricultural emissions

    Rethink needed on cutting agricultural emissions

    This press release should be of interest to NZ biochar community. Our response in NZ seems quite narrow – we have sunk a lot of effort into NZAGRC but maybe […]