Google Contracts Terradot To Scrub Methane From Brazilian Rice Paddies
Terradot will pay farmers across 200,000 hectares to drain rice paddies on a cycle and spread crushed volcanic rock on the same fields.
- Google's September 16, 2026 post, 'We're Catalyzing Megaton-Scale Climate Impact in Brazil,' confirms the Terradot deal covering 200,000-plus hectares of rice farmland.
- "Terradot will help farmers adopt Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD), an irrigation practice that periodically drains flooded paddies."
- Terradot also crushes volcanic rock onto the same paddies, permanently removing CO2 as it dissolves.
Why it matters: Google's purchase order, not any Brazilian government mandate, decides which paddies get drained and which fields get rock.