organic matter

The IPCC, the UN climate science body, recommends that “biogenic” emissions - which come from burning organic matter like food - are not included in calculations because they are recorded under the emissions for the land and forestry sector.

We've been essentially exhausting the ecosystem capital of organic matter and sending that into the atmosphere.

A: This is one of the most interesting stories when we think about the food that's on our plates: the role that carbon, organic matter, has in the soil, supporting the crops that we grow.

The more organic matter we have in the soil, the more fertile the soil is going to be, the more abundant the crops will be, the more resilient the plants will be in terms of being able to fight off disease and be able to deal with drought.

His focus has pivoted entirely to looking at the health of the soil, and he tracks that through the amount of organic matter, the carbon, that's in his soil.