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Dr. Klaus Töpfer
https://carbon.osu.edu/lal-carbon-center-newsletter-summer-2024/dr-klaus-t%C3%B6pfer
By Rattan Lal With deep sadness, I have learned that humanity has lost Dr. Klaus Töpfer, a global leader who supported research and awareness about the importance of soil for human well-being and nature conservation. Both professionally and personally, it ...
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From the Desk of Professor João Carlos De Moraes Sá (Juca Sá)
By João Carlos De Moraes Sá What lessons have we learned from Mother Nature about soil? Upon entering, walking through, and collecting a soil sample from any given geographical area under native vegetation, one will invariably encounter three basic scenar ...
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NIFA: Soil Microbiome Impact
https://carbon.osu.edu/lal-carbon-center-newsletter-summer-2024/nifa-soil-microbiome-impact
By Chinmayee Priyadarshini PhD student Chinmayee Priyadarshini is working on the a National Institutite of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) study “Impacts of agricultural systems on the dynamics and functions of soil and tomato-associated microbiome and prod ...
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Stark County Projects Updates
https://carbon.osu.edu/lal-carbon-center-newsletter-summer-2024/stark-county-projects-updates
By Lauren Baldarelli and Gunadhish Khanal Updates for The Stark Sustainable Soil Initiative, led by researcher Dr. Baldarelli and funded by Herbert W. Hoover Foundation, and Cover Crop Impacts on Soil Carbon Inferred by Modeling and Soil Optical Prop ...
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Special Presentation @ Ecology on Tap
https://carbon.osu.edu/lal-carbon-center-newsletter-summer-2024/special-presentation-ecology-tap
By Anna Kolganova On July 20th, I had the opportunity to present a talk at the Ecology on Tap event. The main goal of Ecology on Tap is to educate a lay audience on ecology topics and bring attention to major environmental issues. My presentation, titled ...
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Sustainability Volume 16 Issue 13
https://carbon.osu.edu/lal-carbon-center-newsletter-summer-2024/sustainability-volume-16-issue-13
Handheld In Situ Methods for Soil Organic Carbon Assessment by Nancy Loria, Rattan Lal, and Ranveer Chandra is available in Sustainability Volume 16, Issue 13. Article available here: go.osu.edu/in-situ ...
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Visitors from NHK
https://carbon.osu.edu/lal-carbon-center-newsletter-summer-2024/visitors-nhk
The Lal Carbon Center was so pleased to welcome three filmmakers from Japan – Shu Hirayama, Nagamitsu Endo, and Kazue Shirai – who visited the Center to interview Dr. Rattan Lal for an upcoming documentary about chernozems for the Japanese Broadcasting Co ...
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Carbon Academy
https://carbon.osu.edu/carbon-academy
Mission Carbon Academy is a a half-day workshop focused on issues around carbon. Each Carbon Academy workshop would be tailored to the intended audience, from undergraduates interested in soil to farmers looking to apply the principles in a practical sett ...
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Rattan Lal Receives the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity
The Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity honored three pioneers in sustainable agriculture this year, including Dr. Rattan Lal, Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming, and the SEKEM collective. Angela Merkel, Chair of the Jury for the Prize, stressed ...
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Farm Bill Internship
https://carbon.osu.edu/lal-carbon-center-newsletter-summer-2024/farm-bill-internship
By Sonam Rustagi Last semester, I had the privilege to work on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, with the majority leadership. This internship allowed me to better understand the legislative underpinnings of agricultural policy ...