Geotherapy : innovative methods of soil fertility restoration, carbon sequestration, and reversing CO2 increase /: innovative methods of soil fertility restoration, carbon sequestration, and reversing CO2 increase. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Thomas J. Goreau, Ronal W. Larson, Joanna Campe.
• Editors: Goreau, Thomas J; Larson, Ronal W; Campe, Joanna
• Contents: Introduction : geotherapy, the down-to-earth solution to global warming / Thomas J. Goreau, Ronal W. Larson, and Joanna Campe -- Global biogeochemical restoration to stabilize CO₂ 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 / Thomas J. Goreau -- Potential annual and cumulative carbon dioxide removal via biochar / Ronal W. Larson -- Potential of remineralization as a global movement / Joanna Campe -- Curing sick soils through chemistry / Richard S. Stein and Tadeusz S. Wysocki -- Rates and mechanisms of functional mineral reactions in soils / David A.C. Manning -- The green cookery book : recipes against climate change and ocean acidification / Olaf Schuiling -- Olivine : time for action! / Oliver Tickell -- Reestablishing the evolutionary grassland-grazer relationship to restore atmospheric carbon dioxide to preindustrial levels / Adam D. Sacks, Richard Teague, Fred Provenza, Seth Itzkan, and Jim Laurie -- Geology into biology : carbon, minerals, and microbes : tools to remineralize soil, sequester carbon, and restore the Earth / David Yarrow -- Biochar : the field experience / Kurt Spokas and Jeff Novak -- Survey of biochar field trials / Erich J. Knight -- Hydrological, ecological and economic advantages of aliquot biochar dosing for soil, climate, and ecosystem remediation / D. Nathaniel Mulcahy -- Mobilizing biochar : a multistakeholder scheme for climate-friendly foods and rural sustainable development / Steven R. McGreevy and Akira Shibata -- Role of biochar in farming systems producing food and energy from biomass / T.R. Preston -- 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 / Elise Pinners -- Basalt powder restores soil fertility and greatly accelerates tree growth on impoverished tropical soils in Panama / Thomas J. Goreau, Felix Lufkin, Carlos A. Arango, Gabriel Despaigne-Matchett, Gabriel Despaigne-Ceballos, Roque Solis, Marina Goreau, and Joanna Campe. Basalt dust and biochar interactions at New Harmony Farm, Massachusetts / Thomas J. Goreau, Erin Stack, Elaine Senechal, Jianwu Tang, Rebecca Ryals, Tom Vanacore, and Joanna Campe -- Soil remineralization trial : preliminary effects of Montserrat volcanic ash on Barbuda limestone soils / John Mussington -- Building soil where there is none : feasibility of using recycled glass in growing media / Fred Riger -- Soil remineralization in Scotland / Jennifer A. Brodie -- Stonemeal : principles, potential, and perspectives from Brazil / Suzi Huff Theodoro and Othon Henry Leonardos -- Chemical composition of litter fall and inputs of carbon, nitrogen, and mineral elements in a secondary forest of South Cameroon / Damien Henri Odigui Ahanda, Monique Abossolo Angue, and Jean Jacques Braun -- Pyroclastic rocks as natural fertilizer : case study of volcanic ashes from Tombel Graben (Cameroon Volcanic Line, Central Africa) / David Guimolaire Nkouathio -- 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 / Samuel Tetsopgang, Pierre Kamga, Paul F. Gonang Achoumele, Bonaventure Alemanji, Dieudonne Z. Manjo, and Linda Mazoh -- Rock fertilizers as an alternative to conventional fertilizers : the use of basalt from the Cameroon volcanic line for maize farming on ferralitic soils / Jean Pierre Tchouankoue, Arliane Nicole Tetchou Tchekambou, Monique Abossolo Angue, Christophe Ngansop, and Suzi Huff Theodoro -- Seawater concentrate for abundant agriculture / Arthur Zeigler -- Superior food production using sea salt and plant extracts / Ioan Hossu -- Biochar-based amendment enhances tomato transplant growth and early fruiting / Ronald Morse and Jon Nilsson -- Organic restoration minerals upgrade soil / Barry Carter -- SEM-EDX observation of diatomaceous earth at radioactive paddy soils in Fukushima, Japan / Kazue Tazaki, Teruaki Takehara, Yasuhito Ishigaki, Hideaki Nakagawa, and Masayuki Okuno -- Healing the earth by healing the waters : recycling waste nutrients using biochar and limestone / Kirk D.S. Jones -- Australian journey toward commercially viable carbon farming / Cindy Eiritz -- Conclusions : regreening earth and growing our way out of global crisis / Thomas J. Goreau, Ronal W. Larson, and Joanna Campe.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 631.4; Soil restoration; Soil management; Soil fertility; Carbon sequestration; Carbon sequestration; Soil fertility; Soil management; Soil restoration
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466595408
• Related ISBNs: 146659540X; 1466595396; 9781466595392
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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