Do frightened grasshoppers increase carbon storage in grasslands?by Patrick Mazza on August 19, 2013
Do frightened grasshoppers increase carbon storage in grasslands? It appears the answer is yes, according to Yale Forestry School research. But the reason for this phenomenon might not be what you think.
British farmland missing huge natural benefits potentialby Patrick Mazza on August 15, 2013
Farm support programs that target only food production miss huge opportunities to generate natural benefits, a new British study documents.
The growing buzz around the biocarbon benefits of farmlandby Patrick Mazza on August 13, 2013
The message is spreading that changing the way agriculture is done can draw heat-trapping carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere into farm soils to improve the viability of agriculture overall.
Capturing carbon, saving money, enhancing regional communitiesby Eileen V. Quigley on August 6, 2013
On August 1, the City of Portland graciously hosted the Northwest Biocarbon Initiative (NBI) along with our partners at Ecotrust and the Willamette Partnership to announce the release of NBI’s new report, Natural Infrastructure: A Climate-Smart Solution.
Busy beavers building natural carbon storageby Patrick Mazza on July 19, 2013
Outside of humans, beavers have more impact on landscapes than virtually any other species. Now a new study reveals those hardworking animals not only build dams but biocarbon storage as well.