Policy brief: Soils Research to deliver Greenhouse Gas Removals and Abatement Technologies (SOILS-R-GGREAT)
UK GGR Research Programme
Through new research on global croplands SOILS-R-GGREAT researchers have estimated that arable farming has produced a loss of around 25 Gt carbon relative to the natural state in 1975 but, since that time, there has been an addition of about 4Gt of soil organic carbon (SOC) due to improved agricultural practices. Alongside agricultural management, approaches such as addition of biochar or enhanced weathering of silicate rocks on soils can improve carbon storage. Researchers present possible CO₂ sequestration from these two techniques in Sao Paulo State, Brazil.