Dear Erich Lets make it simple and get back to fundamentals.. :-) There is some confusion about the definition of "Biochar". The definitions of "Biochar" seem...
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Lloyd Helferty
lloyd_helferty
Apr 24, 2013 10:39 pm
*New biochar group to focus on economics* The Canadian Biochar Consortium is planning large-scale biochar field trials across the country in the hopes of...
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nnumericality
Apr 26, 2013 6:33 pm
I was hoping we wouldn't see more articles like this: http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2013/04/soil-carbon-science excerpt: Some environmentalists...
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nnumericality
Apr 26, 2013 7:03 pm
This article also showed up in Scientific American, so I went to comments to critique its scientific method. -- Brian...
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rongretlarson@...
Apr 26, 2013 8:24 pm
"nnumericalty" and Biochar-soils: 1. If you are also "Ballarat";, thanks for going to the effort. Because of your note below I added this at the SA site: "This...
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nnumericality
Apr 26, 2013 10:21 pm
... Yes, I had to join SA in a hurry and suddenly I was "Ballarat"; :-) I'm a compulsive biochar cheerleader. Frankly I was bluffing in that I haven't read the...
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Burkhard Kiehne
burkhardkiehne
Apr 26, 2013 11:24 pm
This article is very interesting, but I cannot agree completely. Nobody postulated that charcoal will stay for ever in the soil. Most scientist gave the number...
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Lloyd Helferty
lloyd_helferty
Apr 27, 2013 12:10 am
I've been tweeting this every time I see reference to this article: Of course does not mean #biochar ...
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Ron
rongretlarson@...
Apr 27, 2013 1:58 am
Burkhard: I think you are on the right track. Can you give any cites for the 70 Gt/ha-yr value? Dry biomass, not C, i presume. For how many hectares...
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Burkhard Kiehne
burkhardkiehne
Apr 27, 2013 3:13 am
These numbers I got from bamboo seed suppliers in Thailand and China, but also from Charlotte O'Brien (she published those numbers somewhere), who works...
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Josiah Hunt
josiah.hunt54
Apr 27, 2013 9:00 pm
Multiple expletives would be useful in explaining my feelings towards the attention grabbing media sensation spinning off this one "scientific" article (which...
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Kevin C
redirondog
Apr 28, 2013 8:26 am
Dear Josiah Do you, or ANY List Members know of a solvent that can dissolve the inorganic carbon portion of biochar? If not, the article is fluff. Kevin...
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Lloyd Helferty
lloyd_helferty
Apr 28, 2013 2:56 pm
FYI A nice rebuttal to the Climate News Network article <http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2013/04/soil-carbon-science> By Tim Radford. See below,...
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Erik Van Lennep
erik_van_lennep
Apr 28, 2013 3:19 pm
Still in Ireland, *en route* to Spain, by way of Netherlands. Confused yet? ... Stay tuned............... erik SKYPE green.heart www.youthandelders.org youth...
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Erich Knight
erich_knight
Apr 29, 2013 3:29 am
Dear Policy et all, The convergent interest & technology of Astrophysics and microbiology already demonstrated in this thread about "off the shelf"...
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Lloyd Helferty
lloyd_helferty
Apr 30, 2013 3:39 am
See: https://www.facebook.com/events/446253322134490/ Biochar Ontario is partnering with EnvironFocus Incorporated to organize: Eco Rendezvous -- Biomass and...
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Erich Knight
erich_knight
Apr 30, 2013 5:12 am
Dear Policy & Soils, * Reduced N2O; Who ,What, When, Where & Why; * Agricultural soils represent the main source of anthropogenic N2O emissions. Recently,...
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Daniel Mataruka
dfmats
Apr 30, 2013 8:10 am
Y ... Y On Apr 30, 2013 7:12 AM, "Erich Knight" < erichjknight@... > wrote: Dear Policy & Soils, Reduced N2O; Who ,What, When, Where & Why;...
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Lloyd Helferty
lloyd_helferty
Apr 30, 2013 5:23 pm
Why? BCUZ "seed signalling" [Promoting Seed Germination] could be important**. ** "/The first two weeks of seed germination and plant growth is the most...
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Erich Knight
erich_knight
May 7, 2013 6:52 am
Dear Biochar Policy & Soils, *Sino-German Biochar, Loess Restoration & Nano-Steel,...* *Report on Sino-German Symposium “Biochar in Agriculture” held at...
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Erich Knight
erich_knight
May 15, 2013 7:00 am
* *Dear Policy & Soils,* Cirrus Mineral & Metal clouds,.* Cirrus Mineral dust & Metal cloud condensation nuclei Over all Cirrus clouds heat the planet, net...
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Lloyd Helferty
lloyd_helferty
May 19, 2013 4:34 pm
“It’s showtime for soil biodiversity,” Scary news, certainly. To have it pointed out again** that, "the world’s ocean of soil is one of our largest...
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Lloyd Helferty
lloyd_helferty
Jun 6, 2013 4:39 am
"a big part of reversing soil decline is *carbon*" "Keeping and putting carbon in its rightful place" needs to be the mantra for humanity if we want to...
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Barry Husk
barry.husk
Jun 12, 2013 1:41 pm
Lloyd, David et al, At BlueLeaf we've being doing applied research on biochar and phosphorus interaction with soil and water for five years now. These include...
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Erich Knight
erich_knight
Jun 13, 2013 4:06 am
Dear Biochar Soils & Policy & Soil-Age, This C-AGG News Letter by Ashley Margraf has been so informative, I urge all to subscribe, I have only been fwding the...
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Erich Knight
erich_knight
Jun 13, 2013 8:00 am
Dear Biochar Soils, *Fungi; All Over the Map* *Fungi & Elevated CO2?,...* From Penn State; "Prior to our study, there have been few studies on whether elevated...
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rongretlarson@...
Jun 13, 2013 7:25 pm
Erich and numerous ccs Some editor missed a serious typo when reporting that Dr. Lal was supporting the idea of 1.25 trill ion tonnes of added soil carbon per...
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Lloyd Helferty
lloyd_helferty
Jun 14, 2013 3:23 pm
Amazing news all around, Erich. Great reporting! With regard to that bit about "increased C in Boreal systems", I could follow up with this article sent to me...
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rongretlarson@...
Jun 16, 2013 2:42 pm
Stephen: stove list, adding two biochar lists Three question areas - because I sense several major - maybe new - recommendations from you below. 1. I met Mr/Dr...
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Lloyd Helferty
lloyd_helferty
Jun 18, 2013 1:34 am
Lloyd Helferty, Principal, Biochar Consulting, Canada presents: The Landscape of Biochar: Exciting opportunities in Biocarbon (????? -- ??????????) at:...
