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Replacing corn with perennial grasses has beneficial effect on soil carbon

December 3rd, 2008 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Dec 3 (ANI): In a new analysis, researchers from the University of Illinois in the US have determined that replacing corn with perennial grasses has a beneficial effect on soil ...

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Mushrooms can slow down climate warming in northern forests

November 4th, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 4 (ANI): A new study has found that mushrooms growing in dry spruce forests covering Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and other northern regions, can slow down climate warming in the ...

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Biofuels made from wheat stubble could lead to a greener future

September 22nd, 2008 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI -
Canberra, September 22 (ANI): Researchers at the CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems in Canberra have determined that biofuels made from the stubble left over from harvesting wheat grains could replace around one fifth ...

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Farmers may have huge impact in cutting greenhouse emissions

July 7th, 2008 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI -
Melbourne, July 7 (ANI): Scientists have suggested that farmers might have the potential to make a significant impact on reducing carbon emissions. According to a report in ABC Science, the researchers ...

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Scientists dispute virtues of ‘black gold’

May 2nd, 2008 - 3:31 pm ICT by admin -
London, May 2 (IANS) The virtues of biochar -- or "black gold" -- in the soil, which was being touted as a possible carbon sink to counteract global warming, has been disputed ...

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Scientists prove charcoal is not an effective carbon sink

May 2nd, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by admin -
Stockholm, May 2 (ANI): A new study has questioned the usefulness of charcoal as an effective carbon sink, by showing that it promotes soil microbes and causes a large loss of ...

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Nanoscale image of soil reveals ‘incredible’ world

May 1st, 2008 - 3:10 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, May 1 (IANS) When you look down at the grains of soil beneath your feet, all of them seem alike. But when scientists examined them very closely, at the nanoscale level, ...

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Scientists take first nanoscale image of soil

April 29th, 2008 - 4:05 pm ICT by admin -
London , Apr 29 (ANI): Cornell researchers have taken a closer look at soil than anyone else - at a scale of 50 nanometers - and revealed that though it may ...

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Satellites help map soil carbon flux

March 26th, 2008 - 3:36 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, March 26 (ANI): Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee have integrated soil science data with remote sensing through satellites to report soil carbon flux resulting ...

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Global warming may burn down Arctic tundra

March 5th, 2008 - 12:50 pm ICT by admin -
New York, March 5 (IANS) An ecological disaster sparked by global warming - and eventually contributing to it - is waiting to strike the remote Arctic tundra, warns a new study. The ...

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