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Carbon in idle croplands [1]

The collapse of the Soviet Union had diverse consequences, not least the abandonment of crop cultivation in many areas. One result has been the vast accumulation of soil organic carbon in the areas affected.

Publication Date: 
26/02/2009
Geoffrey M. Henebry [2]
Nature [3]
457
7233
1089
Tags:
Ecosystems [4], Land Use [5], Soil Resources [6], Soil Capability [7], Agriculture [8], Carbon Dioxide [9], Climate Change [10], Climate Science [11], Carbon Sinks [12], Carbon Sequestration [13], Grasses [14], Belarus [15], Russia [16], Ukraine [17]
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