Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) is as a measure to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. ERW refers to an artificial acceleration of the natural reaction of silicate-bearing rocks with atmospheric carbon dioxide forming carbonates in the soil - thereby removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The added rock material also changes the...
Research software support for the BIOGEO team which investigates anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions & the response of the land biosphere to human perturbations using open-source numerical models
The importance of phosphorus in regulating ecosystem responses to climate change has fostered phosphorus-cycle implementation in land surface models, but their carbon dioxide effects predictions have not been evaluated against measurements. In a new study in Science Advances, simulations of eight widely used phosphorus-enabled models were...
This spring, researchers, students, interest groups, non-profit organisations & startups met at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris to discuss the barriers and opportunities for enhanced rock weathering in Europe. The workshop aimed to facilitate exchange among different actors around enhanced rock weathering, a technique which aims to...
Enhanced rock weathering has been proposed as a measure to actively remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Recent focus lies on application in agriculture. However model-based assessments have shown potential for its application in forests and forestry due its positive effect on soil fertility stimulating additional carbon dioxide removal by...
Soil is made up of four main things: minerals, air, water, and organic matter. By soil carbon, people usually only refer to the organic matter component of soil (SOC). Yet, there are also inorganic carbon in soils, known as SIC.
Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) is a carbon dioxide removal technology which has the potential for rapid large-scale upscaling, but has not yet full technological readiness. ERW refers to an artificial acceleration of the natural reaction of silicate-bearing rocks with atmospheric carbon dioxide forming carbonates in the soil - thereby removing...
Soils store a massive amount of carbon, much more than is stored in vegetation or in the atmosphere. How soil organic carbon (SOC) forms and persists remains uncertain. This makes it challenging to predict how soil carbon will respond to climatic change. Recently, Tao et al. reported in Nature that microbes and their carbon use efficiency are...
Microbial controls on soil carbon changes under climate change [3 years PhD thesis]. The Le Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE) and University Exeter are looking for a motivated candidate for a PhD thesis on Microbial controls on soil carbon changes under climate change. The successful candidate will use land surface...
