Showing posts with label greenhouse gases carbon credits grasses sugar cane wheat sorghum phytoliths plantstone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label greenhouse gases carbon credits grasses sugar cane wheat sorghum phytoliths plantstone. Show all posts

Sunday, 6 January 2008

Plants that lock away Carbon

One way to tackle greenhouse gases may be to grow plants that lock away carbon.
Grasses such as wheat, sugar cane or sorghum lock up large amounts of carbon in phytoliths,also known as plantstone.
Farmers could get carbon credits for growing such crops.