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You may have heard of 'carbon sequestration' in the news recently, but what is carbon sequestration? And what is not carbon sequestration? In this video, I talk about what C sequestration is and the need for more carbon sequestration projects to draw down atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations to dampen the sharply increasing greenhouse warming. I focus mainly on the effect of tilling soil in this video and how tilling reduces soils ability to sequester and store carbon because it leads to desertification. Desertification of soils is the loss of the upper organic rich layer. We are not only worsening the current warming trend by tilling and over-using pesticides, but we are also depleting the amount of farmable land on Earth and thus, depleting food supply. No-till regenerative farming can drastically increase the carbon storing capacity of soils as well as increase the health of our foods and ourselves! I also discuss some other methods of carbon sequestration, such as the more long-term method of mineral weathering, which can form carbonate minerals that store carbon for millions of years! Thanks for watching, I hope you enjoy! ;)

References: Kiss The Ground documentary (link to trailer: [ Ссылка ]) I highly recommend this documentary guys! I have watched it 3 times already because I keep showing it to everyone I know, it is so enlightening and inspiring!
Paustian et al., 2019: [ Ссылка ]
60 more harvest article: [ Ссылка ]
More recent (2020) article discussing our progress toward increasing that 60 year estimate: [ Ссылка ]
Soil-based C sequestration (2021 article explaining how soil sequesters C and its limitations): [ Ссылка ]

Helpful sources on CO2 variations in atmospheric & marine systems:
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GEO GIRL Website: [ Ссылка ] (visit my website to see all my courses, shop merch, learn more about me, and donate to support the channel if you'd like!)

0:00 Intro + Wren!
1:03 Carbon cycle summary
3:13 Tilling is killing soil
6:21 Microbes matter!
8:22 Regenerating soils can fix our problems
9:23 Why is C sequestration necessary?
10:25 How we can regenerate soils
11:40 Cows speed up soil regeneration
12:42 Magic of Microbes!
13:34 Composting speeds up regeneration
14:26 Longer-term C sequestration
17:17 Weathering balances climate change
18:38 Offset your C footprint w/Wren!

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Bamboo toilet paper: [ Ссылка ]
Bamboo paper towels: [ Ссылка ]
Compostable tableware: [ Ссылка ]
Compostable trash bags: [ Ссылка ]
Bamboo cutlery + straw! : [ Ссылка ]
Eco-Friendly Tote (great for grocery shopping!): [ Ссылка ]
Reusable straws + cleaning brushes (my fav!): [ Ссылка ]
Eco-friendly laundry detergent: [ Ссылка ]

Non-textbook books I recommend:
Oxygen by D. Canfield: [ Ссылка ]
Brief history of Earth by A. Knoll: [ Ссылка ]
Life on young planet by A. Knoll: [ Ссылка ]
Some assembly required by N. Shubin: [ Ссылка ]
Your inner fish by N. Shubin: [ Ссылка ]
Oxygen by N. Lane: [ Ссылка ]
Alien Oceans by K. Hand: [ Ссылка ]
Life's Engines: [ Ссылка ]

Tools I use as a geologist/teacher/student:
Geology field notebook: [ Ссылка ]
Geology rock hammer: [ Ссылка ]
Geological compass: [ Ссылка ]
Geological hand lens: [ Ссылка ]
Camera: [ Ссылка ]
Carbon-neutral pencil bag: [ Ссылка ]
Carbon-neutral backpack: [ Ссылка ]

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