Big win: Soil Organic Carbon: absorbing carbon back into the soil

Carbon sequestration by soils can mitigate climate change; the stock of carbon in the soil is twice that in the atmosphere. Small changes in soil carbon can have a big impact on atmospheric carbon - according to recent analysis by scientists at CIAT and The Nature Conservancy

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Center for Tropical Agriculture 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77750
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Summary:Carbon sequestration by soils can mitigate climate change; the stock of carbon in the soil is twice that in the atmosphere. Small changes in soil carbon can have a big impact on atmospheric carbon - according to recent analysis by scientists at CIAT and The Nature Conservancy