04/27/2019
DID YOU KNOW that WATER V***R accounts for 95% of the ‘greenhouse effect’? That WATER V***R is the GREENHOUSE GAS that has increased to the greatest extent since the Industrial Revolution??? This is a scientific fact that WE HAVE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME -that water v***r is as significant as CO2 in causing the planet warming that propels climate change. Centuries of human mismanagement of the worlds hydrological cycles have propelled the loss of CO2 and water from the earth into the atmosphere. With appropriate land management strategies we can reverse this! Water retention land management is one of the most important things for us to understand and implement NOW, if we want to fully address climate chaos. And everyone can do this wherever they are, on whatever small or large bit of land they steward, be you farmer of homeowner.
Internationally renowned Soil Ecologist Dr. Christine Jones tells us how to begin -with looking at how we manage our soils. In this hour long lecture she lays out some really important new information pertaining to Soil Community Tipping Points - which is the name of her talk, and how the soil microbial population responds differently once a certain threshold of plant diversity has been achieved. There is a tipping point that when reached exponentially sky rockets the biodiversity, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, productivity and then ultimately water retentive ability of soil. You can have all the cover crops you like, but if they are not at the right tipping point in mix and diversity you will not get soil fertility, you will not get carbon sequestration, you will not get water retention, you will be contributing to water v***r loss.
Since European settlement, we've incredibly simplified the landscape. The world over we have reduced the amount of green and the diversity of plants. The organic carbon content of most topsoils is now 50-80% less than original levels.
At most, 3% of the CO2 is the air results from the burning of fossil fuels - and the CO2 constitutes only 0.4% of the atmosphere. If we are serious about reversing climate change we need to put the WATER BACK IN THE GROUND WHERE IT BELONGS. But if we want the water back, we need to put the carbon in the soil first, to hold the water. We also need to manage our landscapes so that not a single drop of rain washes away. We must manage our landscapes so that ALL water infiltrates and goes through a natural hydrological cycle.
Over several decades Christine has worked with farmers and ranchers implementing regenerative land management practices to enhance biodiversity, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, productivity, and water retention.
This is an hour of your time, but I recommend you watch the whole thing. Its science heady, but also accessible. Christine lays out some important ground work for understanding in the first half, and in the second half you get to the gold, so wait for it.
THIS is so important for understanding how to successfully build soil and enhance biodiversity wherever you are! Whether for farming and pasture health, land stewardship, or ecological regeneration.
Community tipping points: Enhancing crop nutrition, yield and resilience through Quorum Sensing Christine Jones, PhD Life as we know it would not exist witho...
