Why would the soil scientists of New Zealand perpetrate the myth that their country’s soils are saturated with carbon when the visual evidence points to the opposite? Hillsides collapsing, buildings sinking into soils with no structure… yet the major research institutions treat The Science of Soil Carbon as though it was a black art.
This short book – written after interviewing many of new Zealand’s most senior soil carbon experts - reveals the evidence which has yet to be refuted.
The chapters in this book were all written as part of the campaign to raise Soil Carbon as a critical issue in the debates around Global Warming in Australia and overseas. Each was produced to convince those with influence (but no understanding) how the dramatic power of the Earth can reset the Carbon imbalance in the Atmosphere and the Oceans if we ask it to. They were prepared for the unprepared. If you feel mystified by the issue of soil carbon, these chapters were prepared for you.
This is a companion volume to The Carbon Farming Handbook
