Northwestern: Understanding How Soil Traps Carbon
February 06, 2024
February 06, 2024
EVANSTON, Illinois, Feb. 6 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University issued the following news release:
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* With 2,500 billion tons of carbon, soil is one of Earth's largest carbon sinks
* Researchers used experiments and computational modeling to study interactions between carbon molecules and clay minerals in soil
* New research gives clues to why some plant-based carbon molecules are sequestered in soils but others are respired as CO2
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* With 2,500 billion tons of carbon, soil is one of Earth's largest carbon sinks
* Researchers used experiments and computational modeling to study interactions between carbon molecules and clay minerals in soil
* New research gives clues to why some plant-based carbon molecules are sequestered in soils but others are respired as CO2