carbon sink

Amazon Powers Atlantic Ocean Carbon Sink

harminka — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:51:09 -0500

Nutrients from the Amazon River's outflow spread well beyond the continental shelf and drive carbon cycling in the tropical ocean, say scientists who conducted a multi-year study. They will publish their results this week online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Amazon powers tropical ocean's carbon sink

harminka — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:11:09 -0500

Nutrients from the Amazon River spread well beyond the continental shelf and drive carbon capture in the deep ocean, according to the authors of a multi-year study.

Limitations of charcoal as an effective carbon sink

harminka — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:13:15 -0500

Fire-derived charcoal is thought to be an important carbon sink. However, a SLU paper in Science shows that charcoal promotes soil microbes and causes a large loss of soil carbon.

Compost can turn agricultural soils into a carbon sink

harminka — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:19:40 -0600

Applying organic fertilizers, such as those resulting from composting, to agricultural land could increase the amount of carbon stored in these soils and contribute significantly to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research published in a special issue of Waste Management & Research (Special issue published today by SAGE).

Carbon sink capacity in northern forests reduced by global warming

harminka — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:12:44 -0600

An international study investigating the carbon sink capacity of northern terrestrial ecosystems discovered that the duration of the net carbon uptake period (CUP) has on average decreased due to warmer autumn temperatures.

Scientists close in on missing carbon sink

harminka — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:10:03 -0500

Forests in the United States and other northern mid- and upper-latitude regions are playing a smaller role in offsetting global warming than previously thought, according to a study appearing in Science this week.

Soils offer new hope as carbon sink

harminka — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:54:36 -0500

The huge potential of agricultural soils to reduce greenhouse gases and increase production at the same time has been reinforced by new research findings at NSW Department of Primary Industries' (DPI) Wollongbar Agricultural Institute.