Thanks Tom
Almuth Ernsting gave a presentation at the Campaign against Climate
Change forum a few months ago where she argued strongly against
biochar. She is due to run a workshop on planetary engineering at
climate camp next week
Chris
Tom Barker wrote:
> Some of it is scary, some of it bonkers, some of it might help, but it
> is all very expensive. I have a bid in for some myself, although it's
> a more benign form than you read in the papers. Biochar is not
> geoengineering, mind, it's rather sensible and promising, and does not
> share the dangers of biofuels.
>
> Cheers, Tom
>
>
> At 22:35 31/07/2008, CHRIS KEENE wrote:
>
>> I would be interested in knowing what people think of geo-engineering?
>> Is it to become the new biofuels?
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Edinburgh- Lecturer in Social policy for biochar and
>> soil carbon storage
>> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:04:55 +0100
>> From: Daniele Conversi <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: Daniele Conversi <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>>
>> *University of Edinburgh*
>> *Lecturer in Social policy for biochar and soil carbon storage*
>> (As part of the Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage)
>>
>> Biochar and soil carbon storage are newly developing topics which may
>> have a crucial role in mitigating climate change through alterations
>> to existing agriculture and forestry systems. You will undertake, and
>> lead, international quality research to create a centre of world
>> significance in biological carbon storage and capture from
>> atmosphere. This compliments our existing strong expertise in
>> powerplant carbon capture and storage. This post is focused on the
>> social aspects of innovating, funding and testing new systems in
>> agricultural and forestry practices worldwide. You will also
>> undertake undergraduate and MSc teaching. Funding exists for you to
>> specify and recruit one 3 year PDRA, and several PhD students.
>>
>> Edinburgh has funding to create 6 new permanent lectureships in
>> carbon capture. These will link from GeoSciences to Engineering and
>> Chemical Engineering in the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt
>> University. In June 2008 the Times Higher rated Edinburgh as in the
>> world top 8 for Ecology and Environment research, Edinburgh is
>> consistently ranked in the world top 30 research Universities.
>> Your particular research expertise is to examine all aspects of the
>> social setting, systems and behaviour which enable or block the
>> innovation of biochar systems in rural communities and forestry
>> systems, to investigate national and world funding mechanisms, and
>> examine the technical effectiveness of biochar and soil carbon as a
>> long term mitigation strategy. Adequate funding exists to rapidly
>> establish a national and world profile in biochar research, by means
>> of conference attendance, conference hosting, and PhD recruitment.
>>
>> You will initially be working as part of the UK's largest carbon
>> storage research group, currently focused on geological storage.
>> There are unprecedented opportunities to create diverse
>> cross-discipline links in biologically based carbon storage, within
>> the University and to national organisations in the local area, such
>> as Scottish Agriculture College, Centre Ecology Hydrology, and to act
>> as a UK-wide focus of biochar research activity.
>> You will have a PhD in social science, soil science, chemistry,
>> engineering, geosciences, or another relevant subject, and have the
>> proven and published ability to understand, work with, and lead a
>> diverse range of academics and stakeholders in the UK and worldwide.
>>
>> Salary Scale:* £34,793 to £41,545* pa
>> Vacancy reference:* 3009518jw*
>> Closing date:* 19 August 2008*
>> For further particulars_
>> https://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/jobs/index.cfm?action=jobdet&jobid=3009518_
>> and an application pack visit our website (_www.jobs.ed.ac.uk_) or
>> telephone the recruitment line on
>> 0131 650 2511.
>> Click here for_ Employer Profile_
>
>
|