
Episode 1
Soil | The Silent Climate Fighter
3 May 2023
Are you aware of the critical role soil plays in the battle against climate change? But 75% of soil is already degraded from unsustainable farming practices…so earth’s “living skin” is suffering from a “diet problem,” we are feeding it the wrong menu. In a world of growing political tensions, can the US and China work together to restore this balance?
Episode 2
Rice | A Sticky Climate Challenge
16 May 2023
Over half of the world’s population eats rice as its staple food. But did you know that rice production also contributes to about 10% of the world’s methane emissions? And that methane is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in warming the planet? Reining in rice methane is a sticky problem. Different rice types and growing strategies to limit methane often create other problems like lower farming yields. An innovative SRI method developed in Madagascar in the 1960s increases yields and has the promise of reducing greenhouse gas emissions And if that’s not good enough news…Scientists in China, the world’s largest rice producer, are collaborating with U.S. researchers to cultivate a hybrid rice that will be a game changer for our ever-warming planet.
Episode 3
Cows | A Climate Stomach Ache
24 May 2023
Our focus in this episode is livestock…specifically dairy products made from cows. We humans have eaten dairy products for centuries, but we only started to realize the impact it has on climate change quite recently. It turns out enteric fermentation, the cow’s digestive process of turning grass into food, contributes to over 40% of global emissions from the livestock supply chain. And the US is a major producer and consumer of beef and dairy products…with China slowly catching up. How are the two global food superpowers innovating to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from dairy cows?
《碳索農業》
《碳索農業》第一集
氣候戰士:土壤
25 September 2023
我們的盤中餐有百分之九十都受土壤的滋養。孕育萬物的土壤也有另一個角色——沉默的氣候戰士。可你是否知道,75%的土地正麵臨著“營養不均”的退化問題,其主要原因包括人類的耕種行為。中國和美國作為農業大國,是否能夠攜手解決這一問題?
跟隨《可持續亞洲》的腳步,我們共同探索。
《碳索農業》第二集
氣候麻「飯」:水稻
9 October 2023
世界上一半的人口都把米饭作为主食。不为人知的是,水稻种植贡献了全球10%的甲烷排放,而甲烷的增温效应是同等质量的二氧化碳的八十倍。控制水稻种植产生的甲烷成为了一个棘手的问题。
本期节目,我们一起探索马达加斯加在八十年代发明的特殊水稻种植方法,以及中美两国在杂交水稻上的合作进展。
《碳索農業》第三集
氣候發酵箱:奶牛
16 October 2023
人類食用奶製品和牛肉已經有幾個世紀的歷史,而我們不久前才開始關注它對氣候變化的影響。畜牧業是甲烷排放的重要來源,占全球甲烷排放量的三分之一。中國奶業蓬勃發展,對牛肉的消費量也有明顯的增長。美國作為牛肉和奶製品的主要生產國和消費者,將如何降低畜牧業的排放?本期節目,和我們一起探索中美兩國在畜牧業減排方麵的實踐與發展。