Sentences with phrase «increases soil»

These methods are designed to re-enact the movements of the prehistoric herds that once nurtured global grasslands with their manure deposits and «hoof action» (gentle trampling that increases the soil's ability to hold water).

Elevated atmospheric CO2 increases soil carbon Elevated atmospheric CO2 increases soil carbon Blackwell Publishing Ltd. release December 5, 2005 An article in the current issue of Global Change Biology indicates...

Addition of organic matter to the soil increases its water holding capacity mainly because organic matter increases soil macroaggregates, hence the number of micropores and macropores in the soil (Bot and Benites, 2005).

This latter mechanism effectively increases the soil volume exploited by the plant.

The loss of trees also increases soil erosion, meaning banks are more susceptible to collapse and more sediment ends up in the stream.

Burying biochar also increases soil fertility.

Crop production in coastal areas is threatened by seawater intrusion, which increases soil salinity.

«Antibiotics use affects the abundance of resistant bacteria in soil: The use of animal manure increases the soil content of antibiotic - resistant genes.»

«Use of the nanoparticle increases soil diffusion while decreasing the risk of leaching and runoff, reducing the amount of chemical in food crops and reducing the cost to treat crops.»

Addition of organic matter to the soil increases its water holding capacity mainly because organic matter increases soil macroaggregates, hence the number of micropores and macropores in the soil (Bot and Benites, 2005).

We have long known that logging and oil and gas operations in the foothills of the Rockies can radically increase soil erosion and correspondingly increase the risk of flooding downstream communities.

No - till production has gained popularity among farmers as a result of potential reduction in labor and energy use [1] and soil quality benefits such as improved soil structure and increased soil organic matter levels [2 - 5].

It includes an article from Andre Leu, President of IFOAM - Organics International, titled» The 4 For 1000 Initiative - Increasing Soil Organic Carbon To Mitigate Climate Change», which can be found on page 117 of the publication.

... give farmers the tools and knowledge to increase soil health, crop quality and yields while simplifying farm management overall.

When you reduce waste, energy consumption, and agrochemical usage, you increase soil quality and biodiversity, thereby facilitating the production of a better crop.»

It includes an article from Andre Leu, President of IFOAM - Organics International, titled» The 4 For 1000 Initiative - Increasing Soil Organic Carbon To Mitigate Climate Change», which can be... more

In addition to the direct environmental benefits Organic Agriculture provides, it reduces farm costs in the long - term by increasing soil fertility, ensures animal welfare, protects farmers against dangerous pesticide exposure and contributes to rural development by generating additional farm employment and fair incomes.

This is done by adding compost on pasture to increase soil health, planting wind breaks and hedge rows to reduce soil erosion, planned rotational grazing of animals to best manage pasture health, and planting perennial grasses to increase underground root systems.

Generally, organic soil management techniques such as organic fertilization, mulching and cover cropping improve soil structure and therefore increase the soil's water infiltration and retention capacity, substantially reducing the risk of erosion.

And third, scientists still don't have a very good idea of how effectively the various «carbon - friendly» management strategies actually increase soil carbon.

Offsets from increased soil carbon on farmlands are eligible for generation of carbon offset credits under the federal government's National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS).

In the Southern Tier; Chenango County Soil and Water Conservation District was awarded $ 77,255 to work with 6 farms to implement cover crops, which are planted to improve soil quality, reduce erosion, and to increase soil organic matter to improve resiliency during periods of flood and drought.

The study authors» recommendation is therefore to preserve, or better still, increase soil humus regardless of climate change by implementing humus - promoting forest management to safeguard the mountain forest's protective function and to mitigate floods.

Fortunately, there are ways to remove crop residues for use as biofuels while increasing soil fertility.

Similarly, phosphorus fertilization increased soil organic carbon at depths of 0 to 3 inches and 6 to 12 inches.

While 50 years of inorganic fertilization did increase soil organic carbon stocks in a long - term experiment in western Kansas, the practice seemingly failed to enhance soil aggregate stability — a key indicator of soil structural quality that helps dictate how water moves through soil and soil's resistance to erosion.

«Any soil moisture increases consistent with climate model projections are expected to increase soil respiration in both vegetation types.

Results showed that the bioplastics and biofabrics increased soil moisture relative to bare soil.

No - till and, to a lesser degree, conservation tillage maintains or improves soil quality by preserving soil structure and moisture, increasing soil organic matter, and providing habitat for soil microbes.

By boosting plant growth, compost helps to increase soil carbon storage.

Fly ash mixtures provide phosphorus, calcium and other nutrients that crops need to grow while increasing soils» capacity to hold water, said Li.

«Plants supply biomass which forms the beginning of the food chain, but insects act as pollinators and soil organisms increase soil fertility through the breakdown and retention of chemical elements such as phosphorus.

Not only does this limit the land available for use in agriculture, but in land that has been used for generations, the combination of irrigation and evaporation gradually leads to increasing soil salinity.

The water running off the plateau is increasing soil erosion and so allowing the deserts to spread.

Negative: Decreased organic matter (with increased decomposition rates); decreased mycorrhizal support; increased soil acidity; increased release, or decreased removal, of atmospheric CO2

This 2,000 year - old practice converts agricultural waste into a soil enhancer that can hold carbon, boost food security, and increase soil biodiversity, and discourage deforestation.

Biochar also improves water quality and quantity by increasing soil retention of nutrients and agrochemicals for plant and crop utilization.

Positive: Increased organic matter if increased productivity; increased nitrogen availability Negative: Decreased organic matter (with increased decomposition rates); decreased mycorrhizal support; increased soil acidity; increased release, or decreased removal, of atmospheric CO2

These interventions helped to increase soil water retention and organic matter content and help prevent the little topsoil there was from draining off to the lowlands.

Reclaimed areas, compared with unmined areas, are found to have increased soil density with decreased organic and nutrient content, and with reduced water infiltration rates [148].

Doug was an early adopter and promoter of management intensive grazing, a major tool for increasing soil organic matter and soil function.

Wherever one of the land use changes decreased soil C, the reverse process usually increased soil carbon and vice versa.

land surface in Australia, and then increasing the soil carbon by a mere 1 % (or was it 1 % per annum?)

The math of soil carbon is that increasing soil organic matter by 1 % means 0.58 % carbon, but let's consider 0.5 % SOM.

Saying the maths suggests that selecting only 15 % of the land surface in australia, and then increasing the soil carbon by a mere 1 % (or was it 1 % per annum over x period) that this would sequester an amount of CO2 emmissions equivalent to all of Australia's carbon emissions since white settlement.

Improved soil management may increase soil potential as a carbon sink in theory but doing this in reality means considerable changes to farming techniques, on a GLOBAL scale, which looks very hard to make happen, certainly in the short time frames required.

Strategies to increase the soil carbon pool include: soil restoration, and woodland regeneration, no - till farming, cover crops, nutrient management, manuring and sludge application, i mproved grazing, water conservation, and harvesting, efficient irrigation, agroforestry practices, and growing energy crops on spare lands.

Compared with CT, NT in double cropping systems significantly increased soil total C, while NT in single cropping systems with more diverse crop types could lead to net reduction in total soil C. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880910002094

The water running off the plateau is increasing soil erosion and so allowing the deserts to spread.

Considering the carbon - cycle feedback, some models (e.g. Cox et al.) estimate large positive vegetation feedback (increased soil respiration, lower photosynthesis due to increased vegetation stress, increased fire frequency...) and some of the most extreme scenarios predict the CO2 concentration to be up to 980 ppm.