Burying Crop Residues at Sea May Help Reduce Global Warming
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 16:49
in Earth & Climate
Imagine a massive international effort to combat global warming by reducing carbon dioxide - build up in the atmosphere. It involves gathering billions of tons of cornstalks, wheat straw, and other crop residue from farm fields, bailing it, shipping the material to seaports, and then burying it in the deep ocean.