Quote by Judith D. Schwartz Download Open image ““We’ve lost an estimated 50 to 80 percent carbon in our soils over the last 150 years.”” — Judith D. Schwartz ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“By itself, stopping emissions is insufficient. That carbon has to go someplace. As the Soil Carbon Coalition argues, it might as well go into… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“the problem isn’t the amount of carbon per se—the quantity of carbon on earth is constant—but where that carbon is.” — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“Since about 1850, twice as much atmospheric carbon dioxide has derived from farming practices as from the burning of fossil fuels (the roles crossed… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“Steven Apfelbaum, a restoration ecologist in Wisconsin, says that every 1 percent increase in soil carbon holds an additional sixty thousand gallons of water… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“This means that the soil could offset about one-third of the human-generated emissions annually absorbed in the atmosphere.” — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
We're going to get to the point where we ask how the hell we put up with high carbon for so many years. You… — Christiana Figueres Copy Share Image
“Thus human beings are now carrying out a large scale geophysical experiment of a kind that could not have happened in the past nor… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
“it turns out, is the natural and the most cost-effective carbon sink. According to Rattan Lal, Distinguished University Professor at the Ohio State University, soil carbon restoration can potentially store about one billion tons of atmospheric carbon per year. This would offset around 8 to 10 percent of total annual carbon dioxide emissions and one-third of annual enrichment of atmospheric… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share
It's only been in the past two generations that we truly understood the impact our civilization has had on the natural world. To our… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
“the Soil Carbon Challenge measures carbon levels over ten years. Someone at a university, completing a PhD or seeking publication, has incentives to do… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
The fact that we have been able to perturb the carbon cycle with our industrial revolution is evidence of how vulnerable we are -… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
“As our technological capacities continue to increase and our environment becomes ever more fragile and endangered, we find that changes to the Earth that… — Robert David Steele Copy Share Image
“grasslands, grazing mammals, and pack-hunting predators evolved together. So if domestic herbivores can be managed such that their behavior mimics that of their wild… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“Steven Apfelbaum, a restoration ecologist in Wisconsin, says that every 1 percent increase in soil carbon holds an additional sixty thousand gallons of water… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“First you’ve got to change the ideology,” she says. “Until you can show people that they’re losing profits, you can’t get them to change.” — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“According to Christine Jones, soils hold more carbon than the atmosphere and all the world’s plant life combined—and can hold it longer, in a… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“from a soil microorganism point of view, a crop monoculture is akin to junk food: “If there’s just wheat or any one thing, it’s… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“Organisms we can’t see are accorded the same respect as those that are big and flashy or promise to give a nice immediate kick… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“One farmer I met, Gene Goven of Turtle Lake, North Dakota, put it more succinctly: “You build soil where the roots go—down!” — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“Every field that’s turned into a parking lot or industrial park means more water siphoned off into gutters and culverts and less water in… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“the problem isn’t the amount of carbon per se—the quantity of carbon on earth is constant—but where that carbon is.” — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“understand that the greatest danger to wildlife was not poaching but habitat destruction—the same thing that ultimately threatened humans.” — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“Slaps in the face like this provide opportunities for change. A drought definitely gets people thinking about how they can manage resources better. It’s… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“the planet’s current vegetative cover captures around 3000 EJ of the sun’s energy. This photosynthetic capacity would appear to be sufficient to feed only… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
