An Interesting NYT article on the possibilities of soil carbon storage in Australia using fungal spores. This will also help in building up the carbon nutrients in agricultural soils. But Australia's #SafeguardMechanism allows Fossil gas companies to offset Scope 1 & 2 emissions through buying carbon credits, which is highly problematic.

#SoilCarbon #CarbonCredits #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #Australia
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/climate/climate-change-fungus-carbon-australia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DU4.2V-a._h658pZfus_q&smid=url-share

An Australian Start-Up Hopes to Slow Climate Change With an Unusual Approach

An Australian start-up is hoping fungi can pull carbon dioxide from the air and stash it underground. It’s one of several ventures trying to deploy the superpowers of soil to slow global warming.

The New York Times