But wouldn't the carbon in the biochar get returned to the atmosphere fairly quickly if it were used that way?
On Apr 11, 6:24 pm, Andrew Lockley <[email protected]> wrote: > It would be very interesting to see if biochar has a similar effect. If > biochar could lock up carbon in soils, thicken soils, preserve and spread > forests and brighten clouds it would have benefits that could reasonably be > described as 'ginormous'. > I'd be interested to know if anyone in this group could explore these > effects and potentially look at doing a paper or a model run on them. > > A > > 2009/4/10 dsw_s <[email protected]> > > > > > That sounds a lot like how I imagine geoengineering can work. A > > suggestion I've made is that materials like expanded vermiculite and > > perlite (basically rock popcorn) could be used to increase water > > retention in soil for both agricultural and climatic benefit. The > > climate benefit includes CO2 removal by weathering, but the > > distribution could also be chosen to optimize cloud patterns. > > > On Apr 9, 11:50 am, Ray Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I've been in consultation with a range of land-atmosphere > > > and cloud meteorologists, looking at scope for increasing > > > stratus and cumulo-nimbus over land in regions identified > > > in GLACE (nasa). > > > > Literature review available atwww.globalcoolers.net > > > > Focus is on West Africa and rainwater harvesting, > > > pilot studies plus 4 continents alliance-building. > > > > Anyone interested in collaborating? > > > > Ray Taylor > > > > ray [at] andy-taylor.org > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
