Soil carbon release amplification (IMAGE) Tufts University Caption Cycle of drought, drying and cracking soil, and ground carbon release creates and amplified feedback loop that has not been accounted for in most models of climate change Credit Farshid Vahedifard, Tufts University Usage Restrictions Use permitted for reporting on research in Environmental Research Letters: Amplifying Feedback Loop Between Drought, Soil Desiccation Cracking, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.