Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Rising Carbon Emissions from Warming Soil Highlight Benefits of Land Restoration

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A new study in the journal Nature explores a vicious cycle: as a changing climate driven by greenhouse gas emissions warms the planet, soils heat up and the micro-organisms that live in the soil start to expel heat-trapping carbon dioxide, reinforcing the problem of climate change. Story here.
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