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Pinning Down the US Corn Belt's Role in Slowing Climate Change
2014-04-01 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Atlantic Cities: Science has long known that corn, out of all types of vegetation, is particularly adept at removing carbon emissions from the air. Now, using sophisticated satellite data, NASA reports it's got a new bead on just how much the silky plant is affecting the carbon cycle.* For one thing, the fecundity of corn in the United States is a lot more than expected: Past research underestimated the plant's nationwide growth by as much as 60 percent, says the space agency. To investigate the vast abundance...
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