Rhizobacteria Deposition

Written by Aanya Deshpande

Problem 

Billions of trees are cut down each year. Deforestation is a rising issue, as well as a major factor contributing to climate change. With forest clearing, the stored carbon in trees is released into the atmosphere as CO2. As a result, with excessive amounts of this greenhouse gas accumulating 

in the atmosphere, the atmosphere absorbs more of the Sun’s heat. Too much of this trapped heat causes the Earth to rapidly warm up, which once again leads to global warming. To make matters worse, plants are the only organisms that take in carbon dioxide. Therefore, with the increasing rate of deforestation, we are losing a prime way to combat this issue as well. 

Rhizobacteria 

Rhizobacteria is a plant growth enhancer that stimulates plant growth through nitrogen fixation. Nitrogen fixation is the process in which atmospheric nitrogen is converted into a usable form by bacteria in the ground. Rhizobacteria is beneficial to plants in numerous ways, as shown below. 

Solution 

A possible solution would be to deposit Rhizobacteria into damaged forest areas. Although we cannot stop the clearing of trees altogether, we can do this to combat the rate of deforestation. Routine distribution of rhizobacteria into forest ground will efficiently and effectively restore the damages implemented there before. Having trees grow back faster and healthier will potentially reverse the effects of deforestation, and make forests stronger than before.

Resources

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-7553-8_8 https://climatekids.nasa.gov/greenhouse-effect/ 
https://www.britannica.com/science/nitrogen-fixation https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/nitrogen-fixation

Written by Aanya Deshpande from MEDILOQUY