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Losses of soil carbon under global warming might equal U.S. emissions


November 30, 2016

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A new global assessment led by Yale University researchers finds that warming will drive the loss of at least 55 trillion kilograms of carbon from the soil by mid-century, or about 17 percent more than the projected emissions, due to human-related activities during that period. Carbon losses will be greatest in places that had largely been missing from previous research.Full Story

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Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

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