Soil will absorb less atmospheric carbon than expected this century
Sunday, September 25, 2016 - 22:21
in Earth & Climate
By adding highly accurate radiocarbon dating of soil to standard Earth system models, environmental scientists from the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have learned a dirty little secret: The ground will absorb far less atmospheric carbon dioxide this century than previously thought. Researchers used carbon-14 data from 157 sample sites around the world […]