New Study Finds Soil Carbon Losses Nearly Equal to Total Emissions From Deforestation
August 21, 2017
August 21, 2017
FALMOUTH, Mass., Aug. 21 -- Woods Hole Research Center issued the following news release:
The first effort to spatially quantify global soil carbon loss revealed that agriculture has removed 133 billion tons of carbon from the top 2 meters of soil, with the rate of loss increasing dramatically in the past 200 years. Those soil carbon losses are nearly equal to total carbon emissions due to forest clearing.
The study was published this week in PNAS, and was led by Dr. Jo . . .
The first effort to spatially quantify global soil carbon loss revealed that agriculture has removed 133 billion tons of carbon from the top 2 meters of soil, with the rate of loss increasing dramatically in the past 200 years. Those soil carbon losses are nearly equal to total carbon emissions due to forest clearing.
The study was published this week in PNAS, and was led by Dr. Jo . . .