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Nature Geoscience 1, 569 - 570 (2008)
Published online: 24 August 2008 | doi:10.1038/ngeo292

Subject Category: Atmospheric science

Soil science: The Arctic carbon count

Christian Beer1

  1. Christian Beer is at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knöll-Str. 10, Jena, DE-07745, Germany.
    e-mail: christian.beer@bgc-jena.mpg.de


Despite its potential importance in a warming world, the organic carbon content of Arctic soils has escaped robust quantification. A closer look at the North American sector suggests that much more carbon is stored in these high northern grounds than previously thought.

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