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      Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and Reversing CO2 Increase

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      Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and Reversing CO2 Increase
      Edited ByThomas J. Goreau, Ronal W. Larson, Joanna Campe
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2014
      eBook Published 22 December 2014
      Pub. Location Boca Raton
      Imprint CRC Press
      DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/b13788
      Pages 630
      eBook ISBN 9780429168901
      Subjects Earth Sciences, Environment & Agriculture
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      Goreau, T.J., Larson, R.W., & Campe, J. (Eds.). (2014). Geotherapy: Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and Reversing CO2 Increase (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b13788

      ABSTRACT

      A Practical, Get-Your-Hands-in-the-Soil ManualGlobal climate change, increasing pollution, and continued rapid population growth is wreaking havoc on the planet. Stabilizing the environment at safe levels requires a large-scale restoration of damaged ecosystems. Geotherapy: Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|4 pages

      Introduction: Geotherapy, the Down-to-Earth Solution to Global Warming

      ByThomas J. Goreau, Ronal W. Larson, Joanna Campe

      chapter 2|54 pages

      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

      ByThomas J. Goreau

      chapter 3|22 pages

      Potential Annual and Cumulative Carbon Dioxide Removal via Biochar

      ByRonal W. Larson

      chapter 4|30 pages

      Potential of Remineralization as a Global Movement

      ByJoanna Campe

      chapter 5|10 pages

      Curing Sick Soils through Chemistry

      ByRichard S. Stein, Tadeusz S. Wysocki

      chapter 6|12 pages

      Rates and Mechanisms of Functional Mineral Reactions in Soils

      ByDavid A.C. Manning

      chapter 7|20 pages

      The Green Cookery Book: Recipes against Climate Change and Ocean Acidi”cation

      ByOlaf Schuiling

      chapter 8|2 pages

      Olivine: Time for Action!

      ByOliver Tickell

      chapter 9|40 pages

      Reestablishing the Evolutionary Grassland–Grazer Relationship to Restore Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide to Preindustrial Levels

      ByAdam D. Sacks, Richard Teague, Fred Provenza, Seth Itzkan, Jim Laurie

      chapter 10|40 pages

      Geology into Biology: Carbon, Minerals, and Microbes—Tools to Remineralize Soil, Sequester Carbon, and Restore the Earth

      ByDavid Yarrow

      chapter 11|14 pages

      Biochar: The Field Experience

      ByKurt Spokas, Jeff Novak

      chapter 12|6 pages

      Survey of Biochar Field Trials

      ByErich J. Knight

      chapter 13|14 pages

      Hydrological, Ecological and Economic Advantages of Aliquot Biochar Dosing for Soil, Climate, and Ecosystem Remediation

      ByD. Nathaniel Mulcahy

      chapter 14|14 pages

      Mobilizing Biochar: A Multistakeholder Scheme for Climate-Friendly Foods and Rural Sustainable Development

      BySteven R. McGreevy, Akira Shibata

      chapter 15|18 pages

      Role of Biochar in Farming Systems Producing Food and Energy from Biomass

      ByT.R. Preston

      chapter 16|24 pages

      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

      chapter 17|18 pages

      Basalt Powder Restores Soil Fertility and Greatly Accelerates Tree Growth on Impoverished Tropical Soils in Panama

      ByThomas J. Goreau, Felix Lufkin, Carlos A. Arango, Gabriel Despaigne-Matchett, Gabriel Despaigne-Ceballos, Roque Solis, Marina Goreau, Joanna Campe

      chapter 18|18 pages

      Basalt Dust and Biochar Interactions at New Harmony Farm, Massachusetts

      ByThomas J. Goreau, Erin Stack, Elaine Senechal, Jianwu Tang, Rebecca Ryals, Tom Vanacore, and Joanna Campe

      chapter 19|8 pages

      Soil Remineralization Trial: Preliminary Effects of Montserrat Volcanic Ash on Barbuda Limestone soils

      ByJohn Mussington

      chapter 20|16 pages

      Building Soil Where There is None: Feasibility of Using Recycled Glass in Growing Media

      ByFred Riger

      chapter 21|18 pages

      Soil Remineralization in Scotland

      ByJennifer A. Brodie

      chapter 22|16 pages

      Stonemeal: Principles, Potential, and Perspectives from Brazil

      BySuzi Huff Theodoro, Othon Henry Leonardos

      chapter 23|6 pages

      Chemical Composition of Litter Fall and Inputs of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Mineral Elements in a Secondary Forest of South Cameroon

      ByDamien Henri Odigui Ahanda, Monique Abossolo Angue, Jean Jacques Braun

      chapter 24|10 pages

      Pyroclastic Rocks as Natural Fertilizer: Case Study of Volcanic Ashes from Tombel Graben (Cameroon Volcanic Line, Central Africa)

      chapter 25|10 pages

      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

      chapter 26|14 pages

      Rock Fertilizers as an Alternative to Conventional Fertilizers: The Use of Basalt from the Cameroon Volcanic Line for Maize Farming on Ferralitic Soils

      chapter 27|16 pages

      Seawater Concentrate for Abundant Agriculture

      chapter 28|22 pages

      Superior Food Production Using Sea Salt and Plant Extracts

      chapter 29|6 pages

      Biochar-Based Amendment Enhances Tomato Transplant Growth and Early Fruiting

      chapter 30|18 pages

      Organic Restoration Minerals Upgrade Soil

      chapter 31|24 pages

      SEM-EDX Observation of Diatomaceous Earth at Radioactive Paddy Soils in Fukushima, Japan

      chapter 32|26 pages

      Healing the Earth by Healing the Waters: Recycling Waste Nutrients Using Biochar and Limestone

      chapter 33|16 pages

      Australian Journey toward Commercially Viable Carbon Farming

      chapter 34|5 pages

      Conclusions: Regreening Earth and Growing Our Way out of Global Crisis

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