Buried fossil soils found to be awash in carbon
Madison WI (SPX) May 28, 2014 - Soils that formed on the Earth's surface thousands of years ago and that are now deeply buried features of vanished landscapes have been found to be rich in carbon, adding a new dimension to our planet's carbon cycle. The finding, reported May 25, 2014 in the journal Nature Geoscience, is significant as it suggests that deep soils can contain long-buried stocks of organic carbon which coul ... more
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