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Here’s how to fix Australia’s approach to soil carbon credits so they really count towards our climate goals

Aaron Simmons, University of New England; Annette Cowie, University of New England; Beverley Henry, Queensland University of Technology; Brian Wilson, University of New England; David Pannell, The University of Western Australia; David Rowlings, Queensland University of Technology; Elaine Mitchell, Queensland University of Technology; Matthew Tom Harrison, University of Tasmania; Peter Grace, Queensland University of Technology; Raphael Viscarra Rossel; Richard Eckard, The University of Melbourne, and Warwick Badgery, The University of Melbourne

A group of agricultural and soil scientists has serious concerns about the way credits are awarded for soil carbon sequestration in Australia.
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US scheme used by Australian farmers reveals the dangers of trading soil carbon to tackle climate change

Aaron Simmons, University of New England; Annette Cowie, University of New England; Brian Wilson, University of New England; Mark Farrell, CSIRO; Matthew Tom Harrison, University of Tasmania; Peter Grace, Queensland University of Technology; Richard Eckard, The University of Melbourne; Vanessa Wong, Monash University, and Warwick Badgery, The University of Melbourne

If problems in such schemes are not addressed, the credibility of soil carbon trading will be undermined. Ultimately the climate - and the planet - will be the loser.
Australian farmers apply nearly a million tonnes of nitrogen-based fertilisers every year. Pete Hill/Flickr

Meet N2O, the greenhouse gas 300 times worse than CO2

Peter Grace, Queensland University of Technology and Louise Barton, The University of Western Australia

When we talk about greenhouse gases we usually talk about carbon dioxide. When media reports depict climate change, we invariably see the cooling towers of a coal power station. Which is fair, because…
Should we really be relying on trees and soil to suck up our emissions? Flickr/Sascha Grant

Don’t bet it all on the carbon farming

Rod Keenan, The University of Melbourne; Peter Grace, Queensland University of Technology, and Snow Barlow, The University of Melbourne

Carbon farming - or biosequestration - seems to be the only climate change mitigation measure that both sides of politics can agree on. But its effectiveness may be sorely overstated. Biosequestration…

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