[geo] 'Super grass' could vastly reduce agriculture emissions, say scientists

2013-09-17 Thread Andrew Lockley
Poster's note : whether this is geoengineering or not is a moot point. I guess it could be used as such. http://www.theguardian.com/p/3tzhg/tf 'Super grass' could vastly reduce agriculture emissions, say scientists Brachiaria grasses inhibit the release of nitrous oxide, which has a more

Re: [geo] 'Super grass' could vastly reduce agriculture emissions, say scientists

2013-09-17 Thread Fred Zimmerman
Hyped. N2O is a fraction of other RFs (0.18 w/m2 from 1750-2000 per Hansen 2005) and the proposed expansion a) is admittedly (!) a monoculture (!) strategy and b) only affects a fraction of the agriculture N2O. --- Fred Zimmerman Geoengineering IT! Bringing together the worlds of geoengineering

Re: [geo] 'Super grass' could vastly reduce agriculture emissions, say scientists

2013-09-17 Thread euggordon
: [geo] 'Super grass' could vastly reduce agriculture emissions, say scientists Poster's note : whether this is geoengineering or not is a moot point. I guess it could be used as such. http://www.theguardian.com/p/3tzhg/tf 'Super grass' could vastly reduce agriculture emissions, say