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Loss of soil carbon due to climate change will be 'huge'

2016-11-30 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] 55 trillion kilograms: that's how much carbon could be released into the atmosphere from the soil by mid-century if climate change isn't stopped. And all in the form of greenhouse gases such as CO2 and methane. Tom Crowther (NIOO-KNAW) and his team are publishing the results of a worldwide study into the effects of climate change on the soil in the issue of Nature that comes out on 1 December. For decades, scientists have speculated that rising global …

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