Storing Carbon in Agricultural Soils to Help Head-Off Global Warming and to Combat Desertification
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OSTI ID:951047
We know for sure that addition of organic matter to soil increases water-holding capacity, imparts fertility with the addition of nutrients, increases soil aggregation and improves tilth. Depeing on it's type, organic matter contains between 40 and 60% carbon. Using agricultural management practices to increase the amount of organic matter and carbon in soils can be an effective strategy to offset carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere as well as to improve the quality of the soil and slow or prevent desertification.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 951047
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-37489; KP1208000; TRN: US200911%%249
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies 25th Session, 343-352
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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