Can Photosynthesis Help Reverse Climate Change?
With extreme weather events reaching unprecedented frequency worldwide, I argue that we need a paradigm shift in climate policy. The current focus on reducing annual greenhouse gas emissions should expand to include trying to reduce the 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide that is ALREADY in the Earth’s atmosphere. Can photosynthesis, in the form of biochar, help achieve that goal? Read my on-the-ground report in Slate: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/07/biochar_could_help_turn_back_climate_change.html/.
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