Newsletter: Feb-2023

In this Issue

• CarbonDew Private Mailing List

• Upcoming and Past Events

• Funding & Collaboration Opportunities

• Direct Atmospheric Measurements Aid Existing Approaches

CarbonDew Private Mailing List

Over the next few weeks, we will launch the CarbonDew mailing list for group and individual exchange. The mailing list will be accessible through carbondew-cop@googlegroups.com, and you may receive an invitation or notification from Google Groups. Please ensure to check your junk and trash folders as well.

Our goal is to empower every CarbonDew Practitioner to share their thoughts, initiatives, and inquiries with the entire group, and facilitate communication among those who express interest. This will provide privacy for group members by default, while granting them the ability to engage as desired.

Note that our dedicated moderators and interns will ensure the legitimacy and safety of every message before it is distributed to the entire list.

Upcoming and past events

Week of April 23, 2023, Vienna, Austria

• European Geophysical Union General Assembly

  • Session ”From Long-Term Flux Observation and Ecosystem Research Networks to Individual Applications - Benefits to Science and Society”

  • Presentation “Carbon Dew: Direct Greenhouse Gas Exchange Measurements Anchor Equitable Climate Solutions Worldwide”

Week of March 27, 2023, Columbus, Ohio

• Battelle Conference "Innovations in Climate Resilience"

  • Presentation "Carbon Dew: Direct Greenhouse Gas Exchange Measurements for Equitable Worldwide Emissions Trading"

  • Presentation "Emission Observations and Data Analysis System: Towards Robust and Scalable Measurement, Reporting and Verification"

February 21-23, 2023, Online

• NACP/US Carbon Cycle Science Program Workshop "Measuring, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MMRV) for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)"

Week of January 30, 2023, Auckland, New Zealand

• iLEAPS-OzFlux Joint Conference

  • Presentation "Eddy Covariance Method for Immediate Societal Benefits: The Value of Simple Explanations, Data Cross-Sharing, and AWS-Like Approach"

Funding & Teaming Opportunities

Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) Request for Applications (RFA) on “Regenerative Agriculture for Climate Resilient Farms and Value Chains”

• If interested, reach out to: Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) Network Message Board: Discussion - FFAR Pre-Application (Climate Resilient Farms).

• If interested, reach out to: Sung-Ching Lee (Nick) at sclee@bgc-jena.mpg.de

Department of Energy National Laboratory Call “Carbon Dioxide Removal: Measurement, Reporting and Verification”

• Concept Paper partnering with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Direct Atmospheric Measurements Aid Existing Approaches

CarbonDew is growing with over 100 members joining us recently, both individuals and institutions. Many prospective members are curious about the group and its structure, membership criteria, and objectives.

CarbonDew is a Community of Practice, similar to professional societies such as engineering, agriculture, or ecology, but encompassing a wider range of expertise. Our cross-professional group brings together experts from various fields with the joint vision to root equitable climate solutions in direct near-real-time flux measurements of GHGs in and out of the air. We focus on topics related to carbon and GHG management, verification, public awareness, climate solution research, carbon and GHG certificate intercomparisons, regulations, and financial product development.

At CarbonDew, our goal is to bring the most direct technology for quantifying GHG emissions from academia to mainstream applications. We aim to make this technology accessible in practical and efficient ways, so that everyone involved in shaping climate solutions, from small farmers to energy companies, has a voice and input. By measuring GHG emissions in real-time, we can make informed decisions about how to address climate solutions.

Here is a nature-based climate solution example of how cutting-edge technology can enhance existing methods:

• Emission factors serve as useful instruments for long-term carbon management planning and policy formulation.

• Soil cores, biomass measurements, and other techniques are ideal for long-term verification.

• Direct measurements, such as eddy covariance and soil chambers, are effective for day-to-day carbon management, improving emission factors, and supplementing soil cores and biomass measurements.

• As seen in the figure from https://www.agrimix.com.au/soil-carbon (details are in https://lnkd.in/gQYj8MhN), direct measurement tools can provide valuable insights. The dark green pasture represents one without fertilizer while the lighter green represents the pasture with added fertilizer. The increase in carbon sequestration is clearly visible after fertilizer application, demonstrating a two-fold increase in sequestration.

For over three decades, academic researchers have been utilizing these measurement tools for ecological and turbulence research, with thousands of flux stations globally and standardized protocols in place. However, these tools have not been widely adopted outside of academic circles. Until now 😊