Limitations of charcoal as an effective carbon sink

Friday, May 2, 2008 - 05:14 in Earth & Climate

Fire-derived charcoal is thought to be an important carbon sink. However, a SLU paper in Science shows that charcoal promotes soil microbes and causes a large loss of soil carbon.

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