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Nature 447, 143-144 (10 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/447143a; Published online 9 May 2007

A handful of carbon

Johannes Lehmann1

  1. Johannes Lehmann is in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
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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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