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World relies too heavily on soil, plants in CO2 fight – SHINE
The world is counting too heavily on soil and plants to soak up planet-ravaging carbon pollution, re
The world is counting too heavily on soil and plants to soak up planet-ravaging carbon pollution, researchers cautioned on Wednesday.
Climate projections mistakenly assume that land and what grows on it are able to absorb the CO2 humanity loads into the atmosphere, they reported in the journal Nature.
In reality, theres a tradeoff.
Either soil or plants, but not both, will absorb more CO2 as carbon levels rise, said lead author Cesar Terrer, a researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory…
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