Exploring technical, economic and behavioural barriers to global soil carbon sequestration

世界必须采取“净负排放”或“削减”战略，以有合理的机会避免灾难性的气候变化。所有将全球气温变化保持在1.5摄氏度或2摄氏度以下的方案都涉及广泛的碳封存。如果管理得当，农业土壤、草地和湿地是巨大的潜在碳汇。该研究项目将探索我们的科学认识，实地试验的结果，新兴的政策框架，以及加快进展和建立全球土壤固碳领域的建议。该奖学金是最近授予NERC项目“土壤研究提供温室气体清除和减排技术”（SOILS-R-GGREAT）的一部分，该项目将由阿伯丁大学Peter Smith教授领导的财团（包括SRUC，JHI和爱丁堡大学）进行。因此，学生将获得显着接触的研究计划正在由领先的研究团队在英国和国际上进行

The world must pursue "net negative emissions" or "drawdown" strategies to have a reasonable chance of avoiding catastrophic climate change. All scenarios for keeping global temperature change below 1.5C or 2C involve extensive carbon sequestration. Agricultural soils, grasslands, and wetlands are huge potential sinks for carbon if properly managed. This studentship will explore the state of our scientific understanding, results from field trials, emerging policy frameworks, and proposals to accelerate progress and build the field of soil-based carbon sequestration globally. The studentship is part of a recently awarded NERC project 'Soils research to deliver greenhouse gas removals and abatement technologies' (SOILS-R-GGREAT) to be conducted by a consortium (including SRUC, JHI and University of Edinburgh) led by Professor Peter Smith at the University of Aberdeen. As such, the student will gain significant exposure to a programme of research being conducted by leading research teams in the UK and internationally