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Climate Change: Carbon Sink Discovered Beneath World's Deserts [1]

A carbon sink may be located beneath the world's deserts. Scientists have found that massive aquifers underneath deserts could hold more carbon than all of the plants on land.

Publication Date: 
30/07/2015
Science World Report [2]
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Carbon Sinks [4], Scientists [5], Carbon Dioxide [6], Green House Gases [7], Deserts [8]
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