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Biologically, we know that trees and other plants offset carbon emissions and can be instrumental in removing carbon dioxide so that we can keep global warming below 1.5 C degrees.

Afforestation is a solution that will be widely adapted however it has posed problems in that it requires a lot of water and surface area to develop. C02 removal is not guaranteed with all trees and plants, because when they die, they release C02 back into the atmosphere.

With no clear answer for carbon capture and storage, Scientists and others had to think about a solution in new and creative ways. Incredibly, the answer came from land refurbishing and farming the Nopal Cactus.

Cactus grows in the desert, where there is a lot of available land. They require little water and have a unique way to capture carbon and store it permanently underground. That was a game-changing discovery.

Modern-day chemical agriculture has led to one-third of the earth’s topsoil disappearing. It’s called desertification and it is the harsh reality of the world turning to desert. Desertification happens when we create too much bare ground, primarily from chemical sprays in agriculture …. and it’s happening the world over. Chemically induced arid lands ultimately lead to erratic weather, flooding, inability to grow crops, mass immigration of people, and the causing of climate change. Every year 40 million people are pushed off their land from dry soil conditions because of desertification.