Summary
This award supports the study of carbon transport and transformation in river networks. Farmers apply crushed rock to enrich agricultural soils. Through a process known as enhanced weathering, the crushed rock also reacts with the atmosphere to remove carbon dioxide. However, some of the captured carbon may be lost as runoff into streams and rivers. This project will quantify that downstream carbon loss and improve carbon accounting associated with enhanced weathering. This work will also support geoscience and data science education. The project will develop a river carbon tracking model
