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Commentary
Nature 447, 143-144 (10 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/447143a; Published online 9 May 2007
A handful of carbon
Johannes Lehmann1
- Johannes Lehmann is in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
Abstract
Locking carbon up in soil makes more sense than storing it in plants and trees that eventually decompose, argues Johannes Lehmann. Can this idea work on a large scale?
To meet the challenges of global climate change, greenhouse-gas emissions must be reduced. Emissions from fossil fuels are the largest contributor to the anthropogenic greenhouse effect, so a reduction in fossil-energy use is a clear priority1.
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