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Welcome to the GCB Bioenergy iTunes Channel. GCB Bioenergy exists to promote understanding of the interface between biological sciences and the production of fuels directly from plants, algae and waste. Papers published in the journal frequently look at the wider implications, such as on the economy…

GCB Bioenergy


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    GCB-Bioenergy Special Edition December 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2016 3:21


    This month, we celebrate our first issue of the year with a special issue on research that was presented at a 2015 conference, Perennial Biomass Crops for a Resource-Constrained World.The research highlighted in this issue focuses on the growth and utilization of second generation, non-food bioenergy crops

    GCB-Bioenergy Special Edition December 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2016 3:21


    This month, we celebrate our first issue of the year with a special issue on research that was presented at a 2015 conference, Perennial Biomass Crops for a Resource-Constrained World.The research highlighted in this issue focuses on the growth and utilization of second generation, non-food bioenergy crops

    GCB-Bioenergy November 2016 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2016 5:26


    This month, choosing the right feedstocks for bioenergy systems, determining efficient harvest practices for biofuels and investment risk of bioenergy production.

    GCB-Bioenergy November 2016 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2016 5:26


    This month, choosing the right feedstocks for bioenergy systems, determining efficient harvest practices for biofuels and investment risk of bioenergy production.

    GCB-Bioenergy September 2016 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2016 4:35


    This month, a new way to recycle phosphorus, how paludiculture can help reduce carbon loss and an analysis of the effects of genotypic diversity on biomass production.

    GCB-Bioenergy September 2016 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2016 4:35


    This month, a new way to recycle phosphorus, how paludiculture can help reduce carbon loss and an analysis of the effects of genotypic diversity on biomass production.

    GCB-Bioenergy July 2016 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2016 3:57


    This month, how perennial grass production could lead to regional cooling, the link between biofuel production and the sustainable development of countries and the environmental benefits of switchgrass-derived ethanol.

    GCB-Bioenergy July 2016 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2016 3:57


    This month, how perennial grass production could lead to regional cooling, the link between biofuel production and the sustainable development of countries and the environmental benefits of switchgrass-derived ethanol.

    GCB-Bioenergy May 2016 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2016 3:57


    This month, the effects of carbon dioxide on rice straw; analyzing the decomposition of biochar and what drives the activity of microbial enzymes in various bioenergy systems.

    GCB-Bioenergy May 2016 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2016 3:57


    This month, the effects of carbon dioxide on rice straw; analyzing the decomposition of biochar and what drives the activity of microbial enzymes in various bioenergy systems.

    GCB-Bioenergy March 2016 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2016 3:57


    This month, a study analyzing the effects of harvesting forest biomass, findings that could help sugarcane become more widely used and a consistent methodology for making carbon payback calculations.

    GCB-Bioenergy March 2016 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2016 3:57


    This month, a study analyzing the effects of harvesting forest biomass, findings that could help sugarcane become more widely used and a consistent methodology for making carbon payback calculations.

    GCB-Bioenergy December 2015 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 5:47


    This month, how to make bioenergy models more realistic, how bioenergy could replace acres placed in conservation and the effects of planting different types of bioenergy crops on the soil organic carbon building rates.

    GCB-Bioenergy December 2015 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2016 5:47


    This month, how to make bioenergy models more realistic, how bioenergy could replace acres placed in conservation and the effects of planting different types of bioenergy crops on the soil organic carbon building rates.

    GCB-Bioenergy November 2015 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2015 4:45


    This month, a study quantifying bioenergy crops greenhouse gas intensity when grown on marginal land, advanced bioenergy crops' water use to corn, and the accuracy of a soil and water impact model for advanced bioenergy feedstocks.

    GCB-Bioenergy November 2015 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2015 4:45


    This month, a study quantifying bioenergy crops greenhouse gas intensity when grown on marginal land, advanced bioenergy crops' water use to corn, and the accuracy of a soil and water impact model for advanced bioenergy feedstocks.

    GCB-Bioenergy September 2015 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2015 5:53


    This month, how a bioenergy plant called Sorghum and evaluates how it performs in a desert, federal and state laws surrounding bioenergy plants' invasive risk. and bioenergy's potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

    GCB-Bioenergy September 2015 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2015 5:53


    This month, how a bioenergy plant called Sorghum and evaluates how it performs in a desert, federal and state laws surrounding bioenergy plants' invasive risk. and bioenergy's potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

    GCB-Bioenergy July 2015 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2015 4:58


    In GCB-Bioenergy's July Issue Round Up Podcast, we explore how advanced bioenergy crops impact water quality, a new planting technique for Miscanthus and at how burnt bioenergy crops might help with other crops surviving drought conditions.

    GCB-Bioenergy July 2015 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2015 4:58


    In GCB-Bioenergy's July Issue Round Up Podcast, we explore how advanced bioenergy crops impact water quality, a new planting technique for Miscanthus and at how burnt bioenergy crops might help with other crops surviving drought conditions.

    GCB-Bioenergy April 2015 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2015 5:35


    In GCB-Bioenergy's April Issue Round Up Podcast, we explore three featured articles. The first article looks at the environmental impacts of harvesting wheat residue in Australia. In our second article, we look at Brazil and how it was able to reduce the production costs of ethanol. Lastly, our third article looks at a potential advanced biofuel, and how the use of a certain type of fertilizer affects it.

    GCB-Bioenergy April 2015 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2015 5:35


    In GCB-Bioenergy's April Issue Round Up Podcast, we explore three featured articles. The first article looks at the environmental impacts of harvesting wheat residue in Australia. In our second article, we look at Brazil and how it was able to reduce the production costs of ethanol. Lastly, our third article looks at a potential advanced biofuel, and how the use of a certain type of fertilizer affects it.

    GCB-Bioenergy February 2015 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2014 6:02


    In GCB-Bioenergy's February Issue Round Up Podcast, we explore Miscanthus, a bioenergy crop, and the lack its lack of genetic diversity - palm oil, a rapidly expanding crop in the tropics, and the potential consequences of this expansion on the global carbon cycle. And the pros and cons of using corn harvest leftovers for bioenergy.

    GCB-Bioenergy February 2015 Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2014 6:02


    In GCB-Bioenergy's February Issue Round Up Podcast, we explore Miscanthus, a bioenergy crop, and the lack its lack of genetic diversity - palm oil, a rapidly expanding crop in the tropics, and the potential consequences of this expansion on the global carbon cycle. And the pros and cons of using corn harvest leftovers for bioenergy.

    GCB-Bioenergy September Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2014 3:48


    In GCB-Bioenergy's September Issue Round Up Podcast, we explore the potential of using a slurry of manure and crop byproducts on patty fields in China and we look at a method of maintaining large-scale production of biofuel crops in Australia.

    GCB-Bioenergy September Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2014 3:48


    In GCB-Bioenergy's September Issue Round Up Podcast, we explore the potential of using a slurry of manure and crop byproducts on patty fields in China and we look at a method of maintaining large-scale production of biofuel crops in Australia.

    GCB-Bioenergy June Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2014 3:47


    IIn GCB-Bioenergy's June Issue Round Up Podcast, we explore three featured articles.

    GCB-Bioenergy June Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2014 3:47


    IIn GCB-Bioenergy's June Issue Round Up Podcast, we explore three featured articles.

    Biodiversity Special Issue Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2014 3:47


    In GCB-Bioenergy's Special Issue on Biodiversity podcast we explore how the increasing commercial use of bioenergy crops will affect biodiversity.

    Biodiversity Special Issue Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2014 3:47


    In GCB-Bioenergy's Special Issue on Biodiversity podcast we explore how the increasing commercial use of bioenergy crops will affect biodiversity.

    Issue 6:2 Supply and Demand Special Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2014 6:09


    In GCB-Bioenergy's Special Issue Round Up Podcast, we explore supply and demand of bioenergy in Great Britain with University of Aberdeen Professor Pete Smith.

    Issue 6:2 Supply and Demand Special Issue Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2014 6:09


    In GCB-Bioenergy's Special Issue Round Up Podcast, we explore supply and demand of bioenergy in Great Britain with University of Aberdeen Professor Pete Smith.

    Miscanthus Virtual Special Issue Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2014 7:48


    In GCB-Bioenergy's Virtual Special Issue on Miscanthus podcast, we explore the environmental impacts of the bioenergy crop with the guest editor of the journal, University of Illinois Associate Professor Tom Voigt.

    Miscanthus Virtual Special Issue Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2014 7:48


    In GCB-Bioenergy's Virtual Special Issue on Miscanthus podcast, we explore the environmental impacts of the bioenergy crop with the guest editor of the journal, University of Illinois Associate Professor Tom Voigt.

    Issue 6:1 Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2014 6:47


    We explore three featured articles. The long term yields of two bioenergy crops, Miscanthus and Switchgrass. How researchers are investigating using broken foliage to develop bioenergy. And how large scale planting of biofuel crops could increase the production of disease-carrying mosquitos.

    Issue 6:1 Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2014 6:47


    We explore three featured articles. The long term yields of two bioenergy crops, Miscanthus and Switchgrass. How researchers are investigating using broken foliage to develop bioenergy. And how large scale planting of biofuel crops could increase the production of disease-carrying mosquitos.

    Issue 5:6 Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2013 5:18


    The latest Issue Round Up looks at how climate change will affect switchgrass, the environmental impacts of planting this grass on a large scale, as well as management techniques for bioenergy crop growth and the reduction of environmental impacts.

    Issue 5.5 Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2013 4:26


    In GCB-Bioenergy's September Issue Round Up Podcast, we explore three featured articles. The first article aims at increasing the use of bioenergy in China, the world’s second largest energy consumer. And in our last article, we look into how researchers are trying to domesticate a bioenergy crop, Miscanthus, so that it can be more productive.

    Issue 5.4 Round Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2013 5:29


    We explore three featured articles from July’s issue. The 'carbon neutrality' of burning biomass which concludes that assuming burning biomass is carbon neutral leads to incorrect greenhouse gas accounts. How the mass planting of bioenergy crops will affect the atmosphere. And Miscanthus looking into how productive Miscanthus would be in the U.S.

    August 2011 - Joyce Tait

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2011 18:44


    Professor Joyce Tait, Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Working Party on Biofuels, and Scientific Adviser to the Innogen Centre at Edinburgh University, discusses the Council’s proposed development of a comprehensive ethical standard for biofuels. Professor Tait is interviewed by Jody Endres, a senior attorney at the Energy Biosciences Institute at the University of Illinois.

    June 2011 - Marty Schmer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2011 10:16


    Marty Schmer and Mark Liebig talk about how switchgrass managed for bioenergy production can improve soil quality in the Great Plains of the United States.

    March 2011 - The potential for Agave

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2011 10:50


    Bioenergy analyst, Sarah Davis, discusses the potential for Agave, which is unique feedstock because of its ability to survive in poor soil and without water between rainfalls, to be used as a sustainable biofuel feedstock.

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