Ever find yourself daydreaming about the distribution of carbon in our planet’s tropical forests? Researchers at the Woods Hole Research Center, led by Alessandro Baccini, collected data on the structural particulars of tropical forests using LIDAR (light detection and radar) technology over the course of two years. The result is a satisfyingly detailed, interactive map [...]
Archive for the ‘Carbon Sequestration’ Category
23 Dec
BLM Guidance on Carbon Sequestration
We have posted previously on the potential for carbon sequestration in the US. Our post earlier this month covered a Department of Energy report on carbon capture and storage potential in the US, identifying 5,700 years of potential storage of CO2 emitted by stationary sources. Yesterday, the Bureau of Labor Management issued guidance on proposals [...]
23 Mar
Carbon Neutral Coffee: May Both Your Beans And Your Marketing Claims Be Green
Like coffee? Well, duh. (I write this from Seattle, WA, so excuse my assumptions.) But most eco-conscious consumers know that every fragrant, tasty, and imported cup comes at an environmental cost. Last year, a Canadian coffee company commissioned a study that was used to calculate the carbon footprint of a single person’s coffee consumption (based [...]
17 Dec
Calculate the GHG Emissions of Your Farm
The USDA has released the space-age sounding COMET-VR 2.0, which – based on user inputs for parcel size, surface soil texture, approximate historic land use changes, tillage and fertilization practices, future land management and carbon storage practices, and current fossil fuel electricity consumption – estimates carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions for a given plot [...]
7 Dec
Carbon Sequestration: More Than Just Sweeping CO2 Under Our Nation’s Carpet?
Last week, sassy environmental news website Grist drew attention to a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) report on carbon capture and storage (CCS) potential across the United States. The report was the third edition of an “Atlas” that aims to map out the location and capacity of possible geologic carbon storage sites. The DOE report [...]
