Marion, Kansas is one of several waterways across the Midwest where smelly and potentially deadly blue-green algae is blooming – part of this is because of drought and nutrients seeping into water sources. They decided to slow down the flow of runoff with grass waterways and terraces. Some have fenced off ponds and streams from [...]
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Properly managed turf areas are significant carbon sinks.
When kept in a growing state, carbon sequestration in turf areas can range anywhere from four to seven times the carbon emissions, according to a report, Technical Assessment of the Carbon Sequestration Potential of Managed Turfgrass in the United States by Dr. Ranajit (Ron) Sahu.
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