26 January 2024
Climate Connections: Can we put back carbon released by soil over the past 12,000 years?
Soil is often an overlooked aspect of nature. Now, if you dig deeper, you’d realise that healthy soils serve not just as the backbone of safe and sustainable agriculture, but also helps with carbon sequestration.
In many parts of the world however, poor management and climate change have led to soil degradation and a huge amount of carbon released by the top layer soil over the past 12,000 years.
On today’s Climate Connections, Aadith Moorthy, CEO & Founder of Boomitra, and 2023 Earthshot Prize Winner shares how his company is working with farmers to reverse that through technology & soil credits.
Feature produced and edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)
Voiced by: Audrey Siek
Photo credit: Boomitra Carbon Farming in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (Credit: Boomitra)
Music/sound credits: pixabay & its talented community of contributors

Download this podcast.