How Soil Carbon Loss Could Accelerate Global Warming (VIDEO)

Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)

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55 trillion kilograms: that's how much carbon could be released into the atmosphere from the soil by mid-century if climate change isn't stopped. And all in the form of greenhouse gases such as CO2 and methane. Tom Crowther (NIOO-KNAW) and his team conducted a worldwide study into the effects of climate change on the soil and published the results in Nature. (Full version of the film is available, also on YouTube Channel @niooknaw).

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Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) & iTZiT Visual Technology

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To be used for the outreach on the research project discussed in the film.

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