16 News & Press Releases found
Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) News
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Reducing Energy’s Footprint: Restoring land after coal, oil, & gas development
At an educational Congressional briefing on September 12, two expert panelists will discuss the process of restoring land that has been used in energy development to beneficial uses. Since 2010, the United States has been the second largest energy ...
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Analyzing long-term impacts of biofuel on the land
The growing development and implementation of renewable biofuel energy has considerable advantages over using declining supplies of fossil fuels. However, meeting the demands of a fuel-driven society may require utilizing all biofuel sources ...
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Is biochar the answer for ag?
Scientists demonstrate that biochar, a type charcoal applied to soils in order to capture and store carbon, can reduce emissions of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, and inorganic nitrogen runoff from agriculture settings. The finding will ...
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Through microbes, nitrogen alters soil carbon cycle
Soil scientists studying bacterial communities in hardwood forests have found evidence that extra human-derived nitrogen deposited from the atmosphere can change the composition of the soil microbial community, with implications for carbon cycling ...
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Yield projections for Switchgrass as a Biofuel Crop
While scientists have conducted numerous studies on production of biomass from biofuel crops, such as switchgrass, no one has yet compiled this information to evaluate the response of biomass yield to soils, climate, and crop management across the ...
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Energy audits and renewable energy development assistance grants
The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 05/27/2010 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, ...
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Vermont Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG)
The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 06/01/2010 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, ...
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New Hampshire Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG)
The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 06/01/2010 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, ...
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Sustainable bioenergy feedstock production systems
The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 06/02/2010 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, ...
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Predicting carbon sinks, regionally
A team scientists have developed a new method for estimating soil organic carbon sinks across large regions of varying landscapes. The technique builds on efforts to better understand the global carbon cycle and identify potential carbon sink ...
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Conservation Innovation Grants Caribbean area
CIG projects are expected to lead to the transfer of conservation technologies, management systems, and innovative approaches (such as market-based systems) into NRCS policy, technical manuals, guides, and references or to the private sector. CIG ...
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USDA ERS released article on next generation biofuels
"Next-Generation Biofuels: Near-Term Challenges and Implications for Agriculture" is the title of a USDA ERS article which states that achieving the U.S. goal to triple biofuel use by 2022 will depend on rapid expansion in cellulosic biofuels.
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Louisiana Conservation Innovative Grants
The Louisiana NRCS requests applications for Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies. Louisiana NRCS anticipates that the amount available for support of ...
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Calcium helps evaluate soil’s ability to retain earth’s carbon
Soils play a vital role in dealing with the environmental impacts of rising atmospheric carbon levels, primarily CO2, from natural and human activities. The Earth’s carbon budget is a dynamic process. As carbon is released through fossil-fuel ...
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Microbe diet key to carbon dioxide release
As microbes in the soil break down fallen plant matter, a diet `balanced` in nutrients appears to help control soil fertility and the normal release of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. When plants drop their leaves, stems and ...
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Finding the real potential of no-till farming for sequestering carbon
The potential of no-tillage (NT) soils for increasing the soil organic carbon (SOC) pool must be critically and objectively assessed. Most of the previous studies about SOC accrual in NT soils have primarily focused on the surface layer (<20-cm ...