There's two times more carbon in the earth's soil than in all of its vegetation and the atmosphere — combined. Biogeochemist Asmeret Asefaw Berhe dives into the science of soil and shares how we could use its awesome carbon-trapping power to offset climate change. "[Soil] represents the difference between life and lifelessness in the earth system, and it can also help us combat climate change — if we can only stop treating it like dirt," she says.
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WORLD PLANTING DAY.. GRAB SOME SEEDS AND SPREAD THE GROWTH
@Scott Henrie its good that the rainforest is on fire. Burning the forest will promote healthy, fuller, and even more lush abd green plants and trees.
shoot the climate change deniers and plant seeds in the bullet holes
Nah
“The research shows that without meat and dairy consumption, global farmland use could be reduced by more than 75% – an area equivalent to the US, China, European Union and Australia combined – and still feed the world.” https://josephpoore.com/Science%20360%206392%20987%20-%20Accepted%20Manuscript.pdf
WORLD PLANTING MONTH
Дальше-хуже
Осталось не так много, как например думают наши дети,играя в игры
А мы думаем:ок, всё ок
Наши дети умеют и могут!!!
Thanks Asmeret. I learned a lot.
There’s a Doctor Magid Ali who talks about the metaphor of the gut being a sort of garden for our person, where we absorb nutrients. I’m grateful for your presentation.
I’d really like to know more about the perennial plants that would be the best for this.
Legumes are amazing for this purpose fixing nitrogen in the soil and loosening up the ground for microorganisms, funghi, water and other plant roots
@V for Vegan Are there any perennial legumes?
@Jacob Opstad yeah there are. Legumes come in all sizes, cover crops, small shrubs, medium and large sized trees. Where do you live?
@V for Vegan In northeastern Brazil. It’s a really hot climate here.
@Jacob Opstad cool. I’m in the Peruvian Amazon region so maybe we have similar climates. Here this might help for starters:
https://permaculturenews.org/2015/12/18/5-chop-and-drop-nitrogen-fixing-perennial-legumes-for-the-tropics-and-beyond/
Maybe you even know one or the other (guaba is the name for the ice cream bean here in Peru)
Upload videos with subtitles please
Amazing TED talk!
Soil management has been practiced throughout the ages. Sustainable farming can restore some land. Responsible stewardship of our waste products and efficient energy use can get us further. Plant trees.
Soil isnt the most effective measure of removing co2. If you talk about taking co2 directly out, silicate chemical weathering is literally twice as effective.
Soil is good for carbon storage if only the carbon can be sequestered under deep soil, locked with other minerals.
It is good, and in general a great deal of carbon is locked beneath soil, and it is also the most accessible way for human to reduce co2 from the atmosphere, it is just not the most effective method naturally, and therefore manipulating it to reduce co2 is not necessarily the most effective method.
kugreymon should we reduce the process of chemical weathering? How do we do that?
This is very interesting for me, thanks for your presentation, may god bless you
Absolutely vital information and eye opening to say the least. Thank you!
Go tree planting in the summer time Plenty of people do it. ITS NOTHING NEW. I’ve planted 40,000 trees in 2 weeks and got payed 7 to 8 cents per tree planted and sometimes if your flown in by helicopter 15 to 25 cents per tree .. You can make more per tree to where you are planting. AND ANYONE CAN DO IT. AND LOTS OF PEOPLE DO.
Didnt know permafrost was a storage keeper itself. Just makes the consequences even greater.
According to a Scientific American article for every 20% reduction in emissions will result in around 1C˚ global average temperature rise due to decreased aerosol masking effect that cools the atmosphere by reflecting light. If you pollute the temperatures rise, if you stop polluting temperatures rise. Good luck!
Interesting thoughts. What about NASA’s forecast for sun spot cycle 24 and 25?
So most important thing we could do is to recycle. We need to separate all recyclables and food waste to different bins. Use the food waste, animal waste and human waste to grow our food and animal food. That is the best and most organic way, That way we don’t need fertilizers as much which is better for both our health and the planet. We need to reuse 99% of all the recycled stuff we produce. Make laws for recycling and fines (of at least 1000 euros)for not doing it.
We also need to plant way more trees. As much as possible. Also more grass. We need to feed our animals with grass if possible as it’s better for our health and the planet than feeding them with soy or corn. We need meat to survive.
Changing to electric cars, stopping flying, renewable energy sources are no solution as most countries won’t do it and it is bad for the economy. What she is saying is way better and easier way, also cheaper and saves us from conflicts like what happens if we stop buying oil and coal from big producers like China, the Middle-east, India and Russia.
Sergey and Nikita Simov partially agree with this speech.
This sounds like something reasonable to address the issue. Thank you!
I love the smell of soil on my hands… got a cologne “Dirt” one time it was great
You forgot to mention geoengineering when you started listing things that degrade soil.