Energy & Agricultural Carbon Utilization: Sustainable Alternatives to Sequestration

Energy & Agricultural Carbon Utilization: Sustainable Alternatives to Sequestration
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, June 10-11, 2004

Oral Presentations

Discovery and Awareness of Anthropogenic Amazonian Dark Earths (Terra Preta)
Bill Denevan - Prof. Emeritus, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI USA

Explorations of Pre-Columbian Agricultural Landscapes in the Amazon
Clark Erickson - Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA

The Secrets of Making Terra Preta Soils
Susanna Hecht - Professor, School of Public Policy and Social Research, University of California, Los Angeles, CA USA

Characterization and Performance of Amazonian Dark Earths – Opportunities for Future Soil Management
Johannes Lehmann - Assistant Professor of Soil Fertility Management and Soil Biogeochemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

Options for Renewable Hydrogen Technologies
Bob Evans - Head, Renewable Hydrogen Program- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO USA

Sustainable Energy with Carbon Utilization Addressing the Need for Global Mitigation
Peter Read - Senior Research Officer, Department of Applied and International Economics, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand

Technology and Economics of Energy Production with Green House Gas Stabilization
Michael Obersteiner - Research Economist, Department of Economics and Finance at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria

Impacts of Intensive Agriculture on Soil Carbon, Crop Productivity and Climate Change
Don Reicosky, Soil Scientist, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Charcoal as Soil Conditioner and Nutrient Retainer – Studies in the Humid Tropics, Amazônia, Brazil <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: [Video] --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> -->
Christoph Steiner*, Wenceslau G. Teixeira, Johannes Lehmann and Wolfgang Zech

Unlocking Microbial Communities in Terra Preta: Nucleic Acid Extraction and Purification as Keys to Characterizing Biology of Black Carbon Soils <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: [Video] --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> -->
Janet Thies, Brendan O’Neil, Julie Grossman

Maize and weed flora dynamics on Amazonian Dark Earth and adjacent soils in the central Brazilian Amazon <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: [Video] --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> -->
Julie Major, Antonio DiTommaso, Johannes Lehmann, and Newton P.S. Falcão

Effect of Charcoal Application to Early Growth Stage of Acacia mangium <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: [Video] --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> -->
Chairil A. Siregar, Nobuo Ishibashi, Tsuyoshi Kato, Herianto, Kazuya Ando

Reactivity of Wood charcoal with Ozone <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: [Video] --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> -->
Kunio Kawamoto, Kengo Ishimaru, Yuji Imamura and Makoto Ogawa

Measurements of Terra Preta Soil Carbon: Carbon Origins and Implications for Carbon Stability <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: [Video] --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> -->
Kim Magrini

Potential of carbon sequestration by carbonizing wood residue from industrial tree plantation as a Clean Development Mechanism project in the Kyoto Mechanism
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Yasuyuki Okimori, Fumio Takahashi, Makoto Ogawa, Toru Yamanaka

Sunlight-Ancient and Modern: The Relative Energy Efficiency of Hydrogen from Coal and Current Biomass [Abstract] <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: [Video] --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> -->
Matthew J. Realff, Ling Zhang

Ammonia Carbonation and Biomass Pyrolysis for Carbon Management
James W. Lee, Danny Day, Robert J. Evans and Ronfu Li [Abstract] <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: [Video] --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> -->

Effects of Soil Microbial Fertility by Charcoal in Soil
Makato Ogawa Director, Biological and Environment Institute, Kanso Ltd, Kansai Electric Power Company <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: [Video] --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> -->

The Sustainable Future of Agriculture with Carbon Utilization
William Woods, Professor of Geography, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: [Video] --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> -->

The Sustainable Future of Energy with Carbon Utilization
Danny Day, Founder, EPRIDA <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: [Video] --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> -->

Posters

Soil Chemical Properties Influenced by Water-Washed Charcoal: Abiotic and Biotic Processes
Chih-Hsin Cheng, Johannes Lehmann and Janice Thies, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University

Development of carbon fibers from biomass tars
W.M. Qiao, M. Huda, S-H. Yoon, Y. Korai,
I. Mochida, H. Hayashi, K. Kawamoto
Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
Kansai Environmental Engineering Center Co., Ltd.

Organic Carbon and Climate Change on a Regional Scale
Safir, G.R., S.H. Gage, M. Colunga-Garcia, P.R. Grace, H. Yang, A. Dobermann, S. Rowshan1, J Qi, G.P. Robertson. Michigan State University, University of Nebraska, Natural Resources Management Systems

Effects Of Charcoal, Phosphorus And Nitrogen On The Mineral Nutrition Of Banana
Danielle Gonçalves Costa, Adônis Moreira, Wenceslau Geraldes Teixeira & Christoph Steiner
Embrapa Amazônia Ocidental

Use Of Charcoal Residues As An Alternative Substract For Growing Media Of Crajiru (Arrabidaea chica Verlot.)
Grace Kely Assis de Souza, Wenceslau Geraldes Teixeira, Arivan Ribeiro Reis & Francisco Célio M. Chaves
Embrapa Amazônia Ocidental

Socio Economic Study of Farmer Charcoal Production in the Brazilian Amazon and implications for the slash-and-char praxis & carbon sequestration
Embrapa Amazonia Ocidental, 69011-970 Manaus, Brazil; Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Institute of Soil Science, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany

SLASH AND CHAR Soil charcoal amendments maintain soil fertility and create a carbon sink
Christoph Steiner, Wenceslau Teixeira, Thomas Nehls, Johannes Lehmann, and Wolfgang Zech.