Dirty pool: Soil's large carbon stores could be freed by increased CO2, plant growth
Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - 18:00
in Earth & Climate
An increase in human-made carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could initiate a chain reaction between plants and microorganisms that would unsettle one of the largest carbon reservoirs on the planet -- soil. Researchers developed the first computer model to show at a global scale the complex interaction between carbon, plants and soil.