Ancient skills 'could reverse global warming'

Ancient techniques pioneered by pre-Columbian Amazonian Indians are about to be pressed into service in Britain and Central America in the most serious commercial attempt yet to reverse global warming.

Trials are to be started in Sussex and Belize early in the new year, backed with venture capital from Silicon Valley, on techniques to take carbon from the atmosphere and bury it in the soil, where it should act as a powerful fertiliser. Full Story »

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Walter Cox
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by Walter Cox - Dec. 8, 2008

An extremely well-written story that spotlights what might well become a practical solution to the build-up of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere. Very clear presentation--one leaves with new information and a sense that this is something that might actually be doable.

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