How Greenland’s Glacial Rock Flour, Caused by Climate Change, Could Help Fight the Phenomenon

One of the side effects of climate change is crumbly rock. It’s also known as glacial rock flour. The Greenland receding glaciers are responsible for the silt that is left behind.

Human-caused climate change is causing glaciers to shrink from warmer temperatures.

Every year, millions of tons of glacial rock flour is created. The rock flour is actually good for the environment.

Because it’s small enough to prevent plants from choking, it’s nutrient rich and can be used as fertilizer in farmland.

Additionally, scientists believe that when rock flour is mixed with rainwater, it undergoes chemical reactions that allow it to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

The main greenhouse gas responsible for climate change is CO2.

Denmark’s rock flour was able to increase barley crop yields 30%. That is remarkable considering that barley is used in beer production.

“It’s a more, you can say, more clean product compared to a very processed inorganic phosphor fertilization strategy,”Pai Rosager Perdas, a Carlsberg senior scientist, stated.

“Where this could be more directly from nature, sort of say, where you need less processing and thereby less impact on the nature.”

It sounds like a win for a planet that could really use some victories.

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