In this paper we showed that: (1) deep-rooted perennials stimulate the transfer of more atmospheric C to both surface and subsoils than shallow-rooted annuals, (2) newly generated SOC under deep-rooted perennials is relatively less protected from decomposition, and (3) reaping the C benefits of deep-rooted perennials could require maintaining the land cover as a perennial cropping system.
Tag: carbon sequestration
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New Pub alert: How deep-rooted perennials change carbon dynamics in subsoils.
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PhD student position available to join Berhe lab
We are recruiting grad student(s) interested in soil biogeochemistry for Fall 2024.
Prospective grad student applicants should contact Prof. Berhe.
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Asmeret on TED Radio Hour
Asmeret was interviewed about soil, carbon sequestration, and climate change on a neat episode of #NPR‘s @TEDRadioHour “What lies Beneath“. A direct link to Asmeret’s part is here: “Asmeret Asefaw Berhe: How can soil’s superpowers help us fight climate change?“
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Asmeret @ TEDtalk: Soil can be an important part of the solution to address climate change, if only we can just stop treating it like dirt!
It was an incredible honor to get invited to talk about soils and climate change at TED2019 conference in Vancouver.
You can read about my talk from:
- The TED conference blog post
- The World Changing Ideas Section of the Fast Company “To fix the climate, we have to fix our soil”
As if speaking about soil and climate change at this stage was not exciting enough, I also got to meet Al Gore, who of course was very well knowledgeable about the role of soils and importance of regenerative agriculture for climate change mitigation, and was kind enough to express that he was happy to see I was there to talk about soils and climate change.
I felt like my job was done, when my talk got a shout out during the wrap up of the conference from Freestyle Love Supreme–the improv brainchild of Anthony Veneziale and Lin-Manuel Miranda–in their improve performance by Anthony Veneziale, Christopher Jackson (Hamilton’s George Washington himself!), Chris Sullivan, Arthur Lewis, and Utkarsh Ambudkar.
So long Vancouver, this was fun!
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New paper in Science: Soils and Human Security in the 21st century
Asmeret is a co-author on a newly released paper in Science on “Soil and Human Security in the 21st century.” see link to article from Science Megazine
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