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‘Weathering’ rock dust in farm fields – a down-to-earth climate solution? | Green Blog UC researchers have devised a first-of-its-kind study to measure the carbon sequestered by enhanced rock weathering, a promising agricultural practice.

It turns out that rocks might help fight climate change.
UC Cooperative Extension scientists are studying enhanced rock weathering — adding pulverized rock dust to farm fields — to see how much CO₂ it can pull from the air while enriching soils.
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Awesome news-- Penn is lucky to have @hboushey.bsky.social

Assistant Professor - Forest Health - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

My department at @natureatcal.bsky.social is hiring an Assistant Prof of Forest Health. Please share and apply!
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My garage rock band, the Krypters, has three bay area shows coming up 🎸👩‍🎤🔊- Join us!
Sat Aug 16- Hotel Utah, SF with The Tumbling Dice (rolling stones cover band)
Wed August 20- Ivy Room, Albany (bang the bay)
Sun Sept 7- Winters Tavern, Pacifica (matinee)

here's a novel biomass carbon removal technology with relatively good prospects 👇-- who would have thought compost and CCS could be used together? @joesagues.bsky.social is who

Congratulations to @dankammen.bsky.social, this is a huge honor. I'm glad to have had him as a mentor, friend, and colleague for so long

I'm so so happy to share that I have been promoted to Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension at @natureatcal.bsky.social and @ucanr.bsky.social --- thanks so much to all of my mentors, collaborators, and colleagues that helped me reach this milestone!

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A Carbon180 cofounder reflects on his time in Biden’s DOE | Carbon180

Nice perspective piece from the always wise Noah Deich.

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Earthshot Labs is hiring! If you are a remote sensing scientist with experience using satellite observations for advanced forestry applications, take a look and consider applying. It is a fantastic team on a mission to restore and protect forests worldwide.

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Job alert: Forestry and Natural Resource Cooperative Extension Advisor for Shasta, Siskiyou and Trinity Counties University of California @ucanr.bsky.social . The closing date for this recruitment is April 14, 2025 (open until filled). Please share with friends up north! ucanr.edu/about/jobs/?...

This post has strong 2012-era ERG vibes

Super interesting new publication in @rscsustainability.bsky.social looking at CDR. Definitely add this to your bed time reading. #chemistry #sustainability #carbon #environment #science #CO2

Was proud to work with Pete Psarras at Carbon Direct, along with Hannah Murnen and Barclay Rogers at Graphyte on this manuscript. Have any questions? Let me know!

We hope that these two measures are intuitive metrics to guide allocation of scarce resources amongst potentially competing uses of biomass and low-carbon energy.

We relied on public data to conduct harmonized lifecycle assessments, the goal of which is to enable the assessment of diverse CDR approaches on a consistent basis. We also considered a number of "frontier" biomass CDR approaches.

Carbon removal efficiency and energy requirement of engineered carbon removal technologies To ensure carbon negativity, processes that achieve carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from the atmosphere must consider lifecycle emissions and energy requirements across the entire system. We conduct a ha...

In "Carbon removal efficiency and energy requirement of engineered carbon removal technologies," colleagues and I compare the "efficiency" and energy use of 12 CDR technologies, including DAC, ERW, and BiCRS pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Have you ever wanted to systematically compare the performance of engineered carbon removal technologies? Excited to have a new, open-access paper doing just that.

I got to work with a wonderful recent ERG PhD, Micah Elias, on this. Congrats to him! Micah is now the director for natural capital at Blue Forest Conservation: hope I can continue to work with him and the great team over there! www.linkedin.com/in/micah-eli...

We find that restoring a resilient forest structure can generate up to $6,100 per acre in carbon revenue from increased forest carbon and market-ready biomass utilization pathways, potentially fully funding forest management. Good news! 2/

Frontiers | Carbon finance for forest resilience in California

New paper: "Carbon finance for forest resilience in California" just published. We focus on the carbon dynamics of forest management in California’s American River watershed. 1/

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"To live with the Santa Ana is to accept, consciously or unconsciously, a deeply mechanistic view of human behavior." Joan Didion, 1968 www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/cms/lib5/CA0...

The 2025 Economic Report of the President | CEA | The White House Today, the Council of Economic Advisers under the leadership of Chair Jared Bernstein released the 2025 Economic Report of the President, the 79th report since the establishment of CEA in 1946. The 20...

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Innovative wood use can enable carbon-beneficial forest management in California | PNAS Responsible stewardship of temperate forests can address key challenges posed by climate change through sequestering carbon, producing low-carbon p...

Your regular reminder that we can thin California's overstocked forests, produce climate-beneficial wood products, reduce incidence of catastrophic wildfire, and (likely) break even financially-- all at the same time! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

If you missed the original RtR report from 2023, you can find all of our resources here: roads2removal.org

Carbon removal will be a key part of stringent emissions reductions in the United States, if and when we ever truly prioritize climate mitigation. Thanks to the outgoing CEA team for reminding us of what the future could bring. @hboushey.bsky.social

Even better, it cites the outstanding work of @jeffinerca.bsky.social @cdscown.bsky.social @joesagues.bsky.social & others in the 2023 "Roads to Removal" report, noting "Recent analyses show great potential for NETs [negative emissions tech] to contribute significantly to achieving net zero by 2050"

Some (small) positive news this week: President Biden's 2025 Economic Report of the President contains an exciting chapter on "Achieving a Net Zero Carbon Dioxide Emissions Economy in the United States" 👓 🧵