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National Academies workshop on carbon sequestration at CSU 13Sep, 2017 By Jason Kosovski <https://agsci.source.colostate.edu/author/kosovski/> There is growing consensus among scientists studying climate change that even the most ambitious proposals for rapidly phasing out fossil fuels and reducing greenhouse gas emissions may not be enough to stabilize and eventually reduce atmosphere carbon-dioxide (CO2) concentrations to levels that would avoid severe impacts of global climate change. Thus active measures to remove CO2already in the atmosphere will need to be paired with aggressive emission reductions. This issue is the focus of a new study by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine on *Developing a Research Agenda for Carbon Dioxide Removal and Reliable Sequestration. *In connection with this study, CSU will host a two-day workshop on “Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration” Sept. 19-20. CSU has an international reputation as a center for research on the impacts of land management on the terrestrial carbon cycle and greenhouse gas emissions and is a leader in developing technologies to promote carbon sequestration and more climate-friendly land management practices. One of the members of the National Academies study committee is Keith Paustian, a University Distinguished Professor and a professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences. [image: Keith Pautian picture]Keith PaustianFree and open to the public The first day of the workshop, Tuesday, Sept. 19, is open to the public and will feature a number of international experts providing briefings to the panel on the current state-of-the-art and knowledge gaps regarding various aspects to carbon sequestration. Among the invited speakers is CSU’s Stephen Ogle, associate professor in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability. The event is free but registration <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-on-terrestrial-carbon-sequestration-tickets-36859452615> is required. There are a limited number of seats available but the event will also be webcast for remote viewing. A short pre-conference webinar <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/webinar-on-terrestrial-carbon-sequestration-tickets-36938651501>on the subject will also be held at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14. The workshop will focus on one of the more promising approaches for CO2removal referred to as “terrestrial carbon sequestration,” which involves the capture of carbon dioxide from the air by plants, through photosynthesis, and the storage of that carbon in woody biomass and in plant-derived soil organic carbon. While terrestrial carbon sequestration regularly occurs in nature, there are human actions that can help maintain and enhance the carbon sequestration capacity of land — and help mitigate the effects of climate change. Examples of ways to promote terrestrial carbon sequestration include improved land management practices, such as using cover crops and reduced tillage on croplands, improved grazing management on grasslands, reforestation (planting trees to replace those harvested for timber), and afforestation (planting trees on land that have been used for other purposes). For more information, visit the study website <http://nas-sites.org/dels/studies/cdr/>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
