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Disrupting sensitive soils could make climate change worse, Stanford researchers find [1]

Nearly a third of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere annually can be traced back to bacteria living in the soil, where they break down plant and animal matter for energy.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2017
Environment News Network [2]
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Carbon Dioxide [4], Soil Resources [5], Agriculture [6], Green House Gases [7]
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases