What Indirect (terrestrial) Sequestration Activities Are under Way in the PCOR Partnership Region?
Depending on how humans use the land, soils can trap carbon (CO2 sink) or release carbon (CO2 source). Agricultural practices like no-till and low-till keep more carbon in the soil than conventional practices. Current research activities in the central interior of NOrth America include determining the amount of CO2 that can be sequestered in different settings like forests, grasslands, croplands, or wetlands; developing monitoring practices to determine the amount of carbon staying in place; and determining optimal land management practices for carbon storage in different ecoregions and settings. More about CO2 Carbon Sequestration Projects One such setting is the prairie pothole wetlands. Scientific studies suggest that restoration of prairie wetlands has great potential to sequester carbon. Over the next decade, scientists have estimated that restoration of cropland wetlands would result in the sequestration of more than 72 million metric tons of soil organic carbon in the prairie po
