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Indy meets with a traditional farmer Eli, who is using carbon rich kelp to fertilize his farm.Enjoy a free trial of National Geographic right here: https://n...

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hmm, seems like most of the organic carbon in that kelp is just going to rot and release the CO2 back in the atmosphere no?

It will still work as fertilizer for the other nutrients of course, but getting the carbon to be actually stored in the soil humus is considerably more complicated I think.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's along the lines that I was thinking. It's especially unhelpful if it is being used to feed or help feed animals.