Walter Jehne
Championed the ‘soil carbon sponge’ concept and its role in regional water cycles and climate cooling.
The record
- Standing
- foundational work
- Based
- Healthy Soils Australia (founder/director) · Australia
- Focus area
- Climate Hydrology
- Status
- Retired.
- Works on
- soil carbon sponge, hydrological cooling, green longevity, regenerate earth, mycorrhizal recolonization.
Standing is this studio’s placement of the work, not a ranking of the person, and it is the one line here that is a judgement rather than a cited fact.
The work
Australian soil microbiologist and climate scientist, retired from CSIRO where he researched mycorrhizal fungi recolonizing degraded soils. Founder and director of Healthy Soils Australia (formed 2005). His 2017 paper Regenerate Earth articulated how rebuilding porous, carbon-rich soils restores hydrology and cools landscapes. Participated in the 2017 UN FAO Paris meeting on bringing soil into IPCC reporting.
Where to read them
- Walter Jehne — lab or personal site
- Healthy Soils Australia — the organisation
- Regenerate Earth (2017)
- Healthy Soils Australia
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