Microbes in soil release carbon dioxide
Wagdy Sawahel
16 March 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
16 March 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
Increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may turn soil from a potential carbon sink into a carbon source by stimulating microbial communities to release, not store, carbon dioxide, according to a study.
Research published online in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week (13 March) suggests that altering microbial activity could help stabilise atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and help slow global warming.
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