Impact of Climate and Regenerative Agriculture Practices on Soil Methane Sinks
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Impact of Climate and Regenerative Agriculture Practices on Soil Methane Sinks
PI: Woodward Fischer
Research Team: Hannah Dion-Kirschner
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
Climate Science Initiative
2020 Explorer grant
Methane emissions are rising globally and are now approximately double pre-industrial levels. Biogenic and atmospheric methane can be oxidized in soils by microorganisms - aerobic methanotrophs. The understanding of aerobic methanotrophy is important to the past, present, and the future carbon and greenhouse budgets. This work will focus the impacts that regenerative agriculture practices have on soil-based methane sinks in California.