Richard Grantham: Father of Geotherapy, 1922-2009 .............. ix
Dick Grantham: A Reminiscence ................................ xiii
Preface ........................................................ xv
Foreword ..................................................... xvii
Executive Summary of Chapters ................................. xxi
Acknowledgments ............................................... xxv
Contributors ................................................ xxvii
1 Introduction: Geotherapy, the Down-to-Earth Solution to
Global Warming ............................................... 1
Thomas J. Goreau, Ronal W. Larson, and Joanna Campe
2 Global Biogeochemical Restoration to Stabilize CO2 at Safe
Levels in Time to Avoid Severe Climate Change Impacts to
Earth's Life Support Systems: Implications for the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ............... 5
Thomas J. Goreau
3 Potential Annual and Cumulative Carbon Dioxide Removal via
Biochar ..................................................... 59
Ronal W. Larson
4 Potential of Remineralization as a Global Movement .......... 81
Joanna Campe
5 Curing Sick Soils through Chemistry ........................ 111
Richard S. Stein and Tadeusz S. Wysocki
6 Rates and Mechanisms of Functional Mineral Reactions in
Soils ...................................................... 121
David A.C. Manning
7 The Green Cookery Book: Recipes against Climate Change
and Ocean Acidification .................................... 133
Olaf Schuiling
8 Olivine: Time for Action! .................................. 153
Oliver Tickell
9 Reestablishing the Evolutionary Grassland-Grazer
Relationship to Restore Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide to
Preindustrial Levels ....................................... 155
Adam D. Sacks, Richard Teague, Fred Provenza, Seth Itzkan,
and Jim Laurie
10 Geology into Biology: Carbon, Minerals, and Microbes -
Tools to Remineralize Soil, Sequester Carbon, and Restore
the Earth .................................................. 195
David Yarrow
11 Biochar: The Field Experience .............................. 235
Kurt Spokas and Jeff Novak
12 Survey of Biochar Field Trials ............................. 249
Erich J. Knight
13 Hydrological, Ecological and Economic Advantages of
Aliquot Biochar Dosing for Soil, Climate, and Ecosystem
Remediation ................................................ 255
D. Nathaniel Mulcahy
14 Mobilizing Biochar: A Multistakeholder Scheme for
Climate-Friendly Foods and Rural Sustainable Development ... 269
Steven R. McGreevy and Akira Shibata
15 Role of Biochar in Farming Systems Producing Food and
Energy from Biomass ........................................ 283
T.R. Preston
16 Vetiver System: Reversing Degradation On and Off Farm to
Keep Soil Carbon In Place, Build Up Root Biomass, and
Turn Degraded Areas into Biofuel Sources ................... 301
Elise Pinners
17 Basalt Powder Restores Soil Fertility and Greatly
Accelerates Tree Growth on Impoverished Tropical Soils in
Panama ..................................................... 325
Thomas J. Goreau, Felix Lufkin, Carlos A. Arango, Gabriel
Despaigne-Matchett, Gabriel Despaigne-Ceballos, Roque
Solis, Marina Goreau, and Joanna Campe
18 Basalt Dust and Biochar Interactions at New Harmony Farm,
Massachusetts .............................................. 343
Thomas J. Goreau, Erin Stack, Elaine Senechal, Jianwu
Tang, Rebecca Ryals, Tom Vanacore, and Joanna Campe
19 Soil Remineralization Trial: Preliminary Effects of
Montserrat Volcanic Ash on Barbuda Limestone Soils ......... 361
John Mussington
20 Building Soil Where There is None: Feasibility of Using
Recycled Glass in Growing Media ............................ 369
Fred Riger
21 Soil Remineralization in Scotland .......................... 385
Jennifer A. Brodie
22 Stonemeal: Principles, Potential, and Perspectives from
Brazil ..................................................... 403
Suzi Huff Theodora and Othon Henry Leonardos
23 Chemical Composition of Litter Fall and Inputs of Carbon,
Nitrogen, and Mineral Elements in a Secondary Forest of
South Cameroon ............................................. 419
Damien Henri Odigui Ahanda, Monique Abossolo Angue, and
Jean Jacques Braun
24 Pyroclastic Rocks as Natural Fertilizer: Case Study of
Volcanic Ashes from Tombel Graben (Cameroon Volcanic
Line, Central Africa) ...................................... 425
David Guimolaire Nkouathio
25 Effect of Powders of Basalts, Tuff, Granites, and
Pyroclastic Materials on the Yield and Quality of Carrots
and Cabbages Grown on Tropical Soils in the Northwest
Region of Cameroon ......................................... 435
Samuel Tetsopgang, Pierre Kamga, Paul F. Gonang Achoumele,
Bonaventure Alemanji, Dieudonne Z. Manjo, and Linda Mazoh
26 Rock Fertilizers as an Alternative to Conventional
Fertilizers: The Use of Basalt from the Cameroon
Volcanic Line for Maize Farming on Ferralitic Soils ........ 445
Jean Pierre Tchouankoue, Arliane Nicole Tetchou
Tchekambou, Monique Abossolo Angue, Christophe Ngansop,
and Suzi Huff Theodoro
27 Seawater Concentrate for Abundant Agriculture .............. 459
Arthur Zeigler
28 Superior Food Production Using Sea Salt and Plant
Extracts ................................................... 475
Ioan Hossu
29 Biochar-Based Amendment Enhances Tomato Transplant Growth
and Early Fruiting ......................................... 497
Ronald Morse and Jon Nilsson
30 Organic Restoration Minerals Upgrade Soil .................. 503
Barry Carter
31 SEM-EDX Observation of Diatomaceous Earth at Radioactive
Paddy Soils in Fukushima, Japan ............................ 521
Kazue Tazaki, Teruaki Takehara, Yasuhito Ishigaki, Hideaki
Nakagawa, and Masayuki Okuno
32 Healing the Earth by Healing the Waters: Recycling Waste
Nutrients Using Biochar and Limestone ...................... 545
Kirk D.S. Jones
33 Australian Journey toward Commercially Viable Carbon
Farming .................................................... 571
Cindy Eiritz
34 Conclusions: Regreening Earth and Growing Our Way out of
Global Crisis .............................................. 587
Thomas J. Goreau, Ronal W. Larson, and Joanna Campe
Index ......................................................... 591
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