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News Release 13-004
Marginal Lands Are Prime Fuel Source for Alternative Energy
Lands unsuited for food crops represent huge untapped resource to grow mixed species biomass for ethanol
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Bales of cellulosic biomass: Marginal lands may be a prime source for alternative energy.
Credit: Phil Robertson, MSU
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NSF's Long-Term Ecological Research Network comprises 26 land, coastal and ocean sites.
Credit: NSF LTER Network
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NSF KBS LTER site experimental plots: Corn and hybrid poplar are in the background.
Credit: Julie Doll, MSU
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Corn at the KBS LTER site: Corn currently dominates biofuel production in the U.S.
Credit: K. Stepnitz, MSU
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Researchers collect soil cores to determine carbon storage at the LTER site.
Credit: K. Stepnitz, MSU
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Satellite view of the cropping systems experiment: Each rectangle is 2.5 acres.
Credit: SPOT Image
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