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Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2015]

1 online resource (622 pages) : illustrations, maps

ISBN 9781466595408 (e-book)

ISBN 9781466595392 (hardback)

Print version: Geotherapy : innovative methods of soil fertility restoration, carbon sequestration, and reversing CO[subscript 2] increase. Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2015] xxix, 600 pages ISBN 9781466595392

Includes bibliographical references and index

25. Effect of powders of basalts, tuff, granites, and pyroclastic materials on the yield and quality of carrots and cabbages grown on tropical soils in the northwest region of Cameroon / Samuel Tetsopgang, Pierre Kamga, Paul F. Gonang Achoumele, Bonaventure Alemanji, Dieudonne Z. Manjo, and Linda Mazoh -- 26. Rock fertilizers as an alternative to conventional fertilizers : the use of basalt from the Cameroon volcanic line for maize farming on ferralitic soils / Jean Pierre Tchouankoue, Arliane Nicole Tetchou Tchekambou, Monique Abossolo Angue, Christophe Ngansop, and Suzi Huff Theodoro -- 27. Seawater concentrate for abundant agriculture / Arthur Zeigler -- 28. Superior food production using sea salt and plant extracts / Ioan Hossu -- 29. Biochar-based amendment enhances tomato transplant growth and early fruiting / Ronald Morse and Jon Nilsson -- 30. Organic restoration minerals upgrade soil / Barry Carter ---

9. Reestablishing the evolutionary grassland-grazer relationship to restore atmospheric carbon dioxide to preindustrial levels / Adam D. Sacks, Richard Teague, Fred Provenza, Seth Itzkan, and Jim Laurie -- 10. Geology into biology : carbon, minerals, and microbes : tools to remineralize soil, sequester carbon, and restore the Earth / David Yarrow -- 11. Biochar : the field experience / Kurt Spokas and Jeff Novak -- 12. Survey of biochar field trials / Erich J. Knight -- 13. Hydrological, ecological and economic advantages of aliquot biochar dosing for soil, climate, and ecosystem remediation / D. Nathaniel Mulcahy -- 14. Mobilizing biochar : a multistakeholder scheme for climate-friendly foods and rural sustainable development / Steven R. McGreevy and Akira Shibata -- 15. Role of biochar in farming systems producing food and energy from biomass / T.R. Preston ---

18. Basalt dust and biochar interactions at New Harmony Farm, Massachusetts / Thomas J. Goreau, Erin Stack, Elaine Senechal, Jianwu Tang, Rebecca Ryals, Tom Vanacore, and Joanna Campe -- 19. Soil remineralization trial : preliminary effects of Montserrat volcanic ash on Barbuda limestone soils / John Mussington -- 20. Building soil where there is none : feasibility of using recycled glass in growing media / Fred Riger -- 21. Soil remineralization in Scotland / Jennifer A. Brodie -- 22. Stonemeal : principles, potential, and perspectives from Brazil / Suzi Huff Theodoro and Othon Henry Leonardos -- 23. Chemical composition of litter fall and inputs of carbon, nitrogen, and mineral elements in a secondary forest of South Cameroon / Damien Henri Odigui Ahanda, Monique Abossolo Angue, and Jean Jacques Braun -- 24. Pyroclastic rocks as natural fertilizer : case study of volcanic ashes from Tombel Graben (Cameroon Volcanic Line, Central Africa) / David Guimolaire Nkouathio ---

16. Vetiver system : reversing degradation on and off farm to keep soil carbon in place, build up root biomass, and turn degraded areas into biofuel sources / Elise Pinners -- 17. Basalt powder restores soil fertility and greatly accelerates tree growth on impoverished tropical soils in Panama / Thomas J. Goreau, Felix Lufkin, Carlos A. Arango, Gabriel Despaigne-Matchett, Gabriel Despaigne-Ceballos, Roque Solis, Marina Goreau, and Joanna Campe --

31. SEM-EDX observation of diatomaceous earth at radioactive paddy soils in Fukushima, Japan / Kazue Tazaki, Teruaki Takehara, Yasuhito Ishigaki, Hideaki Nakagawa, and Masayuki Okuno -- 32. Healing the earth by healing the waters : recycling waste nutrients using biochar and limestone / Kirk D.S. Jones -- 33. Australian journey toward commercially viable carbon farming / Cindy Eiritz -- 34. Conclusions : regreening earth and growing our way out of global crisis / Thomas J. Goreau, Ronal W. Larson, and Joanna Campe.

1. Introduction : geotherapy, the down-to-earth solution to global warming / Thomas J. Goreau, Ronal W. Larson, and Joanna Campe -- 2. Global biogeochemical restoration to stabilize CO2 at safe levels in time to avoid severe climate change impacts to Earth’s life support systems : implications for the United Nations framework convention on climate change / Thomas J. Goreau -- 3. Potential annual and cumulative carbon dioxide removal via biochar / Ronal W. Larson -- 4. Potential of remineralization as a global movement / Joanna Campe -- 5. Curing sick soils through chemistry / Richard S. Stein and Tadeusz S. Wysocki -- 6. Rates and mechanisms of functional mineral reactions in soils / David A.C. Manning -- 7. The green cookery book : recipes against climate change and ocean acidification / Olaf Schuiling -- 8. Olivine : time for action! / Oliver Tickell ---

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