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Nature 442, 620-623 (10 August 2006) | doi:10.1038/442620a; Published online 9 August 2006
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Putting the carbon back: The hundred billion tonne challenge
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- Quirin Schiermeier is Nature's German correspondent.
Abstract
One way to keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere is to put it back in the ground. In this, the first of two News Features on carbon sequestration, Quirin Schiermeier asks when the world's coal-fired power plants will start storing away their carbon. In the second, Emma Marris joins the enthusiasts who think that enriching Earth's soils with charcoal can help avert global warming, reduce the need for fertilizers, and greatly increase the size of turnips.
Ketzin, a dozy village of 4,000 people west of Berlin, hardly looks like a vision of the future. Nestled in the Havel countryside — an idyllic mix of rivers and forests — it has a small tourist industry and, as is typical for such parts of eastern Germany, a not-so-small unemployment problem.
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