Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Study assess impact of temperature on soil decomposition

CLIMATE SCIENCE
Study assess impact of temperature on soil decomposition
Hilo HI (SPX) Sep 24, 2014 - The Earth's soils store four times more carbon than the atmosphere and small changes in soil carbon storage can have a big effect on atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. A new paper in the journal Nature Climate Change concludes that climate warming does not accelerate soil organic carbon decomposition or affect soil carbon storage, despite increases in ecosystem productivity. The re ... more


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