Tuesday 3 June 2014

Deep-buried carbon may pose climate risk: study

CLIMATE SCIENCE
Deep-buried carbon may pose climate risk: study
Paris (AFP) May 25, 2014 - Stocks of organic carbon buried deep underground could pose a global warming threat if disturbed by erosion, farming, deforestation, mining or road-building, a study warned Sunday. Scientists from the United States and Germany discovered one such reserve in Nebraska, up to 6.5 metres (21 feet) under the surface, composed mainly of vast quantities of burnt plant material. "We found almost ... more


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