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Soils in newly forested areas store substantial carbon
2013-04-01 18:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Surface appearances can be so misleading: In most forests, the amount of carbon held in soils is substantially greater than the amount contained in the trees themselves. If you're a land manager trying to assess the potential of forests to offset carbon emissions and climate change by soaking up atmospheric carbon and storing it, what's going on beneath the surface is critical. But while scientists can precisely measure and predict the amount of above-ground carbon accumulating in a forest,...
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