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Unfold, a UC Davis podcast about science, innovation and discovery, unfolded through storytelling. We make complex topics relatable and reveal answers to questions you’ve always been curious about. Each episode takes you into the field with leading researchers who are working to tackle big picture problems – like how we’re going to feed a growing population, adapt to climate change and improve the health of people, animals and the planet. Hosted by public radio veteran Amy Quinton. Co-hosted by Kat Kerlin and Marianne Russ Sharp. Sponsor free. Learn more at ucdavis.edu/unfold.
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Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Agriculture is responsible for 24 percent of our global greenhouse gas emissions. Despite this, UC Davis researchers say agriculture holds huge potential to be one of the biggest solutions to climate change. Carbon farming may hold the key. In this episode of Unfold, we examine how scientists are adding rock dust to crops to see if it can sequester carbon while also increasing yields for farmers.
In this episode:
Ben Houlton, affiliate faculty member, former director of the John Muir Institute of the Environment at UC Davis
Maya Almaraz, program manager in the Houlton Lab and terrestrial biochemist
Iris Holzer, graduate student in the Houlton Lab
Derek Azevedo, executive vice president, Bowles Farming Company in Los Banos, California
George Dias, Specialty Granules in Ione, California