Geosequestration


ONLINE MEDIA BRIEFING: Digging the dirt on biochar

Wed Mar 4, 2009

TRANSCRIPTS OF EVELYN AND ANNETTE NOW AVAILABLE Biochar seems to be the latest buzz word in the debate around Australia’s carbon emissions. The politicians are all talking about it, and there is growing commercial interest in the potential of biochar to sequester carbon and at the same time improve soil health – it sounds like [...]

ONLINE BACKGROUND BRIEFING: Ocean fertilisation: carbon solution or eco disaster?

Tue Dec 16, 2008

Setting climate targets is one thing – achieving them is another. It has been suggested that one way Australia might get to our targets is through ocean fertilisation. This involves ‘fertilising’ large areas of the ocean to stimulate the growth of microscopic marine plants, these plants consume carbon dioxide (CO2) as they grow and draw [...]