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The short answer: The words “ecosystem services” capture all of those tangible and intangible ways in which human beings depend on, use, and benefit from the natural environment.

The short answer: Cover crops help sequester soil carbon by providing an additional source of biomass to the soil. Biomass includes the aboveground plant dry matter (leaves, stems) and below ground dry matter (roots).

This article was adapted and expanded from “Voluntary Versus State-Based Compliance Carbon Markets” by David Clay et al.

Content has been adapted from The Context Network “Get Smart, Stay Smart” Ag Carbon Service.

This article was adapted from “Sampling Design for Quantifying Soil Organic Carbon Stock in Production Ag Fields” first published on Dec 3, 2021, in Crops & Soils magazine.

Content has been adapted from the The Context Network “Get Smart, Stay Smart” Ag Carbon Service.

The short answer: A carbon offset is a reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases (GHGs) made in order to compensate for, or “offset,” greenhouse gases emitted elsewhere.

This article was adapted from an invited review in Crop Science titled “Contributions of plant breeding to soil carbon storage: Retrospects and prospects” published January 10, 2023.

The short answer: A “carbon footprint” is shorthand for all of a person or organization’s greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.

This article is the third in a three part series on remote sensing. Read “How do Remote Sensors Work?” here, and “What Can Remote Sensing Tell You about Your Field?” here.