Expanding croplands chipping away at world's carbon stocks

Monday, November 1, 2010 - 21:20 in Earth & Climate

Nature's capacity to store carbon, the element at the heart of global climate woes, is steadily eroding as the world's farmers expand croplands at the expense of native ecosystem such as forests. A group of universities is releasing a study on the topic.

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