UF/IFAS
What's Happening Around Florida

Home » Tag: carbon Sequestration

Tag: carbon sequestration

UF research: Proper grazing-land management can increase soil carbon storage, but more research needed

by Brad BuckAvatar photo
April 16, 2024

Soil can store carbon, reducing greenhouse gas concentrations from the atmosphere, and managing grazing lands in the best ways can increase their ability to provide these important ecosystems services. But insufficient research into how to ... READ MORE

Category: Farm Management, Livestock
Tags: Carbon Market, Carbon Sequestration, Grazing Lands, Greenhouse Gas, Land Management, Maria Silveira, Range Cattle Research And Education Center, Soil, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Water

Quantifying the Value of Benefits derived from Agricultural Lands

by Brad BuckAvatar photo
December 7, 2023

Hundreds of species of wildlife live on private, agricultural land. As a result, farmers and ranchers are environmental stewards, as maintaining their land to support agriculture also plays a key role in providing wildlife ecosystems in addition ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Agricultural Lands, Carbon Sequestration, Cattle, Easements, Ecosystem Services, Environment, Farmers, Florida Wildlife Corridor, Grazing Lands, Ranches, Water, Wildlife
awards and recognitions

UF researcher investigating ‘plant diamond’ as a carbon removal powerhouse

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
December 4, 2023

Three-year Energy Earthshot project awarded $1.7M from U.S. Department of Energy   What surrounds a single grain of pollen may be one of the world’s best, most indestructible carbon removal tools available to humankind. A University ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Carbon Removal, Carbon Sequestration, Matias Kirst, Plant Science, Pollen, Poplar, Roots, U.S. Department Of Energy

New public-private partnership allows UF/IFAS scientist to work on growing plants, storing carbon in clay soil

by Brad BuckAvatar photo
September 14, 2023

In a new, public-private partnership, University of Florida scientist Zachary Brym wants to see if he can utilize plants to store carbon in clay soil in Polk County. Eventually, he’d like to see how collections of crops and other plants can ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Agroecology, Agronomy, Carbek, Carbon, Carbon Sequestration, Crops, Ecosystem Services, Plants, Polk County, Regenerative Agriculture, Soil, Soil Health, Tropical Research And Education Center, Zachary Brym
green industrial hemp plants

Scientists to deploy hemp crops in ways to combat climate change and support underserved farmers

by Tory MooreAvatar photo
May 10, 2023

Initiated this year, UF/IFAS hemp research and Extension teams will prioritize hemp crops with climate-smart management with help from a five-year USDA Climate-Smart Commodities grant. The $4.9 million grant led by Florida A&M University ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Carbon, Carbon Sequestration, Climate, Climate Change, Hemp, Hemp Research, Industrial Hemp, Partnerships For Climate-Smart Commodities, UF/IFAS Industrial Hemp Research Project, USDA
17th Annual Sustainable Communities Workshop

Workshop to foster a sustainable community by “Advancing Climate Solutions”

by Alia GarrettAvatar photo
August 24, 2022

Registration is now open for Sarasota County's 17th Annual Sustainable Communities Workshop on Nov. 01. This day-long, first hybrid (in-person and online) event showcases strategies for healthy, resilient, thriving communities. About the workshop Under ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources
Tags: Adaptation, Agriculture, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Conference, Energy Efficiency, Equity, Event, Gardening, Hybrid, Mitigation, Networking, Pgm_Sustain, Renewable Energy, Resiliency, Speakers, Sustainable Communities Workshop, Youth

A native of Brazil, this UF/IFAS scientist sees soil as the basis for life

by Brad BuckAvatar photo
March 15, 2022

To celebrate National Women’s History Month, we sat down with Maria Silveira, a professor of soil and water sciences at the UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center. Born and raised 90 minutes from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Silveira went ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Brazil, Carbon Sequestration, Cattle, Maria Silveira, National Women's Month, Range Cattle Research And Education Center, Soil And Water Sciences, Women In Science

Florida urban tree canopy gives oxygen, shade — saves $4 billion a year

by Brad BuckAvatar photo
November 12, 2020

Trees give us shade to cool off and oxygen to breathe – and they provide Florida cities with $4 billion in benefits a year, collectively, UF/IFAS researchers say. These include savings in air pollution removal, stormwater runoff and carbon ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Air Pollution Removal, Andrew Koeser, Carbon Sequestration, Environmental Horticulture, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, ITree Canopy Model, Savings, Shade, Stormwater Runoff, Trees, Urban Canopy

Subscribe For More Great Content

IFAS Blogs Categories