Amazon's Low Salt Content Keeps Carbon Emissions at Bay
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 18:49
in Earth & Climate
All it takes is a sprinkle of salt to jump-start animal life on the Amazon forest floor—which, for better or worse, speeds up the carbon cycle, a new study says.
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