What this project is about: Comparing different mathematical models and their results to estimate the effects of adding crushed minerals and rocks to agricultural lands, often referred to as enhanced mineral weathering.
How this will be addressed: By integrating data from a field experiment measuring daily rainfall and temperature with different mathematical models for soil conditions, temperatures, and the mineralogy and grain-size distributions of crushed basalts applied to agricultural soils.
Why it matters: Enhanced mineral weathering has significant potential to aid in reducing greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere and for mitigating the climate crisis. Accurate and usable models will greatly increase the ability of practitioners to successfully apply this technique.
