Incorporating enhanced rock weathering into sustainable forest management
In this study, postdoctoral fellow Minger Guo examines the great potential of CO2 removal (CDR) through incorporating enhanced rock weathering (ERW) into managed. With an application trial in Haliburton Forest in Ontario, Canada, we assessed the amendment and dosage heterogeneity that arises during application and its impact on accurately quantifying CDR in forests. Thanks to our collaborators at Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve and the University of Alberta. Special thanks to Canadian Wollastonite for supplying the amendment. This paper was published in the Journal of Environmental Management.
Trail with tarps to capture rock powder at Haliburton Forest, Ontario, Canada.
Spreader applying wollastonite-rich rock powder to a section of forest.
Transects of tarps and trays along a trail at Haliburton Forest, Ontario, Canada. This trial assessed the dosage heterogeneity that arises during application of rock powder in a forest, which as implications for CO2 removal quantification.