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"Of the five cropping systems, only the two with high plant diversity resulted in higher levels of soil carbon."
by ph0rque 7y ago
"Of the five cropping systems, only the two with high plant diversity resulted in higher levels of soil carbon."
- Gibbon1 7y ago"What we have found is that in order to be protected, the carbon has to move; it cannot be protected in the same place where it enters." This is interesting. When I've read about how mineral ore bodies are formed, there is a source, a transport, and a trap. Need all three to form an ore body. The above would say that carbon sequestering by plants follows the same basic process.
- ph0rque 7y agoFascinating! I wonder if anyone has looked into a way to create an artificial transport and trap mechanism for mineral ores... would be really convenient just to have a specific mineral accumulate. Also, here's an article about using mushrooms to recover up to 80% gold from e-waste: https://explorebiotech.com/researchers-turn-e-waste-gold-using-mushroom/ https://explorebiotech.com/researchers-turn-e-waste-gold-usi... I guess that might be related.
- Gibbon1 7y agoSomewhat unrelated I saw a paper talking about using bacteria to partially reduce iron oxide. And also people have been attempting bio-remediation of uranium/plutonium and other metal contaminated soils.