A Grand Experiment to Rein In Climate Change

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/science/earth/in-california-a-grand-experiment-to-rein-in-climate-change.html

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From: barry levine 
Date: Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:54 PM
Subject: RE: A Grand Experiment to Rein In Climate Change
To: letters@nytimes.com


To the Editor;

     As important as capturing carbon into woodlands is, it cannot be enough. Even if we were to restore the Earth's forests to their state before the Industrial Revolution, there is still the matter of the gigatons of carbon we have moved from fossil pools to our atmosphere and oceans in the last two centuries. To repair that damage, we must not only capture carbon through photosynthesis, but we must keep that carbon from cycling back into carbon dioxide and methane.  In essence, through biochar, we must rebuild the fossil fuel pool and must refrain from burning it.

Barry Haskell Levine