What are Humic Substances and How Do They Help with Climate Control by Sequestering Carbon?
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- Definition of Humic Substances
- Humic Substances Properties
- Humic Structures and Reactions
- How do Humics Remain stable?
- HAs for Soil Enhancement, Water Treatment, Recycling and Carbon Sequestration
- How HA Production from Bio-Waste and Coals helps in Repairing Impaired Lands and Arid Areas while Sequestering Carbon
- How to Calculate Carbon Sequestration Potential from Applications of Humic Substances
- Bibliography
- References
- Additional Reading
How HA Production from Bio-Waste and Coals Helps in Repairing Impaired Lands and Arid Areas While Sequestering Carbon
Plant bio-waste is increasingly being used as a source of alternative fuels (ethanol, bio-diesel), but this is no solution to global warming. Converting that biomass to humic substances through compositing sequesters carbon while at the same time yielding long-lived humic materials with a host of useful properties. Another way to sequester carbon is not to burn low-fuel-value soft coals but instead to convert them to humic substances for application on impaired lands and arid areas, recovering them for habitation and agriculture.