According to a new report by researchers from Rutgers University-New Brunswick and the University of Maine, increasing the adoption of agricultural practices such as cover cropping, grazing management, and agroforestry may help to fight climate change. The study covers how plants and soils in New Jersey may help absorb and store CO2 from greenhouse gas emissions.
Increasing adoption of agricultural practices such as cover cropping, grazing management and agroforestry can increase the amount of carbon stored in soils to help combat climate change, according to a new report by researchers from Rutgers University-New Brunswick and the University of Maine.
Increasing adoption of certain agricultural practices can help combat climate change, according to a new report by researchers from Rutgers and the University o
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Coastal forests in the mid-Atlantic and southern New England (from Virginia through Massachusetts) have a mix of hardwoods and evergreen trees. They provide habitat for an array of rare plants and wildlife, store carbon and are valuable timber resources. Coastal forests along with adjacent salt marshes also help buffer inland areas from coastal storms. But sea-level rise is altering coastal forest ecosystems and “ghost forests” filled with dead trees are becoming a growing phenomenon in parts of the Northeast.
Working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Northeast Climate Hub and in consultation with the U.S. Geological Survey New Jersey Water Science Center, Rutgers researchers assessed the latest information on how coastal forests in the Northeast are responding to climate change. The likely reasons for the death of coastal forests vary by location. But the most important factors appear to be: rising groundwater levels that saturate soils in low-lying areas, especially du