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How Farmer Brown Went Green

John J. Berger / Seven Stories Press Sep 8, 2023 A North Dakota farmer saved his farm and his livelihood with carbon farming, a proven method of green agriculture. He’s now out to convert other farmers and rescue our environment. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Scientists Are Stumped by This Climate Puzzle

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jan 7, 2019 Researchers are teasing out the complexities of greenhouse gases and global warming. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How to Grow More Food While Slowing Climate Change

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Sep 18, 2018 New ways of digging the dirt could lead to a major advance, and farmers in the developing world are making a difference. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Scientists Look to the Soil to Save Earth From Overheating

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Apr 18, 2016 New research shows that changing farming and soil management practices so that soils store carbon rather than lose it would help avoid dangerous climate change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Now, Even Soil Is Accelerating Climate Change

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Mar 24, 2016 Greenhouse gases from cattle, fertilizers, manure and agriculture mean that human activities have turned the land and soil into part of the global warming machine. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Improving Soils Cuts Carbon and Grows More Food

By Paul Brown / Climate News Network Dec 24, 2015 One straightforward way to combat both climate change and mass hunger is to replace carbon lost from the soil. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Arctic Thaw Would Cost Half the World’s Annual Earnings

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Sep 23, 2015 If Arctic soils melt and release frozen carbon, the impact would cost almost half the world’s annual gross domestic product, researchers say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Models May Misjudge Soils’ Carbon Emissions

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Aug 29, 2015 How soil organisms cope with decaying vegetation is much less certain than climate models suppose, researchers say, and carbon emission estimates may be wrong. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Permafrost Thaw Would Have Runaway Effect on Carbon Release

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 15, 2015 Arctic warming is causing organic carbon that has been frozen deep in the soil for millennia to be released rapidly into the air as CO2, with potentially catastrophic impacts on the climate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Amazon of U.K.’ Being Destroyed for Grouse Shooting

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Oct 6, 2014 Managing moorlands so that more birds can be reared for lucrative shooting parties is adding to climate change by destroying layers of peat and releasing large quantities of stored carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How Nature Affects the Carbon Cycle

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jun 1, 2014 As global temperatures warm, scientists say that in both Australia and the Arctic natural processes are at work to help mitigate the increased heat. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Buried Carbon Causes Deep Concern

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 30, 2014 Deep beneath the Great Plains of America, scientists have discovered a vast buried store of organic carbon that poses a potentially serious danger to the climate. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )