Geotherapy (eBook, PDF)

Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and Reversing CO2 Increase
Redaktion: Goreau, Thomas J.; Campe, Joanna; Larson, Ronal W.

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Produktbeschreibung

A Practical, Get-Your-Hands-in-the-Soil ManualGlobal climate change, increasing pollution, and continued rapid population growth is wreaking havoc on the planet. Stabilizing the environment at safe levels requires a large-scale restoration of damaged ecosystems. Geotherapy: Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 630
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466595408
• Artikelnr.: 42366295

Autorenporträt

Thomas J. Goreau, Ronal W. Larson, Joanna Campe

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Geotherapy, the Down-to-Earth Solution to Global Warming.
Global Biogeochemical Restoration to Stabilize CO at Safe Levels in Time to
Avoid Severe Climate Change Impacts to Earth's Life Support Systems:
Implications for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Potential Annual and Cumulative Carbon Dioxide Removal via Biochar.
Potential of Remineralization as a Global Movement. Curing Sick Soils
through Chemistry. Rates and Mechanisms of Functional Mineral Reactions in
Soils. The Green Cookery Book: Recipes against Climate Change and Ocean
Acidification. Olivine: Time for Action! Reestablishing the Evolutionary
Grassland-Grazer Relationship to Restore. Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide to
Preindustrial Levels. Geology into Biology: Carbon, Minerals, and
Microbes-Tools to Remineralize Soil, Sequester Carbon, and Restore the
Earth. Biochar: The Field Experience. Survey of Biochar Field Trials.
Hydrological, Ecological and Economic Advantages of Aliquot Biochar Dosing
for Soil, Climate, and Ecosystem Remediation. Mobilizing Biochar: A
Multistakeholder Scheme for Climate-Friendly Foods and Rural Sustainable
Development. Role of Biochar in Farming Systems Producing Food and Energy
from Biomass. Vetiver System: Reversing Degradation On and Off Farm to Keep
Soil Carbon. In Place, Build Up Root Biomass, and Turn Degraded Areas into
Biofuel Sources. Basalt Powder Restores Soil Fertility and Greatly
Accelerates Tree Growth on Impoverished Tropical Soils in Panama. Basalt
Dust and Biochar Interactions at New Harmony Farm, Massachusetts. Soil
Remineralization Trial: Preliminary Effects of Montserrat Volcanic Ash on
Barbuda Limestone Soils. Building Soil Where There is None: Feasibility of
Using Recycled Glass in Growing Media. Soil Remineralization in Scotland.
Stonemeal: Principles, Potential, and Perspectives from Brazil. Chemical
Composition of Litter Fall and Inputs of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Mineral
Elements in a Secondary Forest of South Cameroon. Pyroclastic Rocks as
Natural Fertilizer: Case Study of Volcanic Ashes from Tombel Graben
(Cameroon Volcanic Line, Central Africa). Effect of Powders of Basalts,
Tuff, Granites, and Pyroclastic Materials on the Yield and Quality of
Carrots and Cabbages Grown on Tropical Soils in the Northwest Region of
Cameroon. Rock Fertilizers as an Alternative to Conventional Fertilizers:
The Use of Basalt from the Cameroon Volcanic Line for Maize Farming on
Ferralitic Soils. Seawater Concentrate for Abundant Agriculture. Superior
Food Production Using Sea Salt and Plant Extracts. Biochar-Based Amendment
Enhances Tomato Transplant Growth and Early Fruiting. Organic Restoration
Minerals Upgrade Soil. SEM-EDX Observation of Diatomaceous Earth at
Radioactive Paddy Soils in Fukushima, Japan. Healing the Earth by Healing
the Waters: Recycling Waste Nutrients Using Biochar and Limestone.
Australian Journey toward Commercially Viable Carbon Farming. Conclusions:
Regreening Earth and Growing Our Way out of Global Crisis. Index.