Marco Keiluweit, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Marco Keiluweit, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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UMass Amherst biogeochemist Marco Keiluweit and others report that anaerobic microsites play a much larger role in stabilizing carbon in soils than previously thought, and current models used to predict the release of climate-active CO2 from soils fail to account for these microscopic zones.

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UMass Aherst

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