Paul HouleNov 18

Radiocarbon analysis of turfgrasses can help cities measure greenhouse gas emissions

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-radiocarbon-analysis-turfgrasses-cities-greenhouse.html

#turfgrass #carbon #co2 #isotopes #stableisotopes #cities #climatechange #plants #environment #sensors

Radiocarbon analysis of turfgrasses can help cities measure greenhouse gas emissions

Cities around the world are working to limit emissions of climate-warming greenhouse gases, but there have been few ways of measuring whether those gases are actually decreasing in any given municipality. In new research, University of California, Irvine scientists have created an effective method to measure greenhouse gas emissions around cities—something that can help local governments gauge the effectiveness of their emission-curbing programs.

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BellingenNSWFeb 10, 2025

The wide open spaces
of tabula rasa (blank / clean slate)
Connell "Park", Bellingen
Scraping (rasa/ radere) off the bio-diverse 'writing'.

#Bellingen #ConnellPark #herbicides #FossilFuel #machinery #emission #climate #GHG #turfgrass #NitrousOxide #TabulaRasa #biodiversity

CellBioNewsMay 21, 2024

Unraveling the #metabolic mysteries of #turfgrass under #heat_stress.

#climate_change

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-unraveling-metabolic-mysteries-turfgrass-stress.html

Unraveling the metabolic mysteries of turfgrass under heat stress

A research team has identified key metabolic composition differences between annual bluegrass and creeping bentgrass under heat stress, revealing specific metabolites linked to heat tolerance. The findings underscore the potential to use these metabolites as biomarkers for breeding more resilient turfgrass varieties.

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CellBioNewsAug 3, 2023

Beneficial #bacteria UD1022 promising for disarming #fungal #pathogens that affect #turfgrass.

#Spo0A #rhizobacteria

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-beneficial-bacteria-ud1022-fungal-pathogens.html

Beneficial bacteria UD1022 promising for disarming fungal pathogens that affect turfgrass

Consider this agricultural riddle: What occupies more than 49 million acres in the United States, is the third largest agricultural crop by area and accounts for a $40 billion dollar industry?

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John EnglartJan 23, 2023

Just finished skim reading this study on urban lawns and grasslands soil carbon sequestration. It is an important meta-analysis contributing to addressing urban climate emissions.

"High soil carbon sequestration rates persist several decades in turfgrass systems: A meta-analysis." (OpenAccess)

I did a fair amount of reading on Soil Organic Carbon from turf grasses when I researched my literature review on Synthetic Turf in 2021, and this article pulls a lot of information from numerous studies together..

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969722070747?via%3Dihub

#SoilCarbon #CarbonSink #CarbonSequestration #Lawns #Turfgrass #Emissions #ClimateSolutions #ClimateCrisis