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Study helps clarify role of soil microbes in global warming
Current models of global climate change predict warmer temperatures will increase the rate that bacteria and other microbes decompose soil organic matter, a scenario that pumps even more heat-trapping carbon into the atmosphere. But a new study led by a University of Georgia researcher shows that while the rate of decomposition increases for a brief period in response to warmer temperatures, elevated levels of decomposition don’t persist.
“There is about two and a half times more carbon in the soil than there is in the atmosphere, and the concern right now is that a lot of that carbon is ... |
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Help at hand for farmers facing up to climate change
Meeting the challenges of climate change will help farmers save money as well as protect people and the environment, according to the Environment Agency. Unveiling the new-look Best Farming Practices - a revised practical guide bursting with more than 250 tips to help farmers profit by protecting the environment - the Environment Agency’s Director of Environment Protection, Tricia Henton, said: `In England alone more than 1.3 million hectares of farmland lies in the floodplain and the sort of devastating floods we saw last summer can hit farmers hard. Soil nutrient and pesticide losses from run ... |
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- Encouraging results in evaluating groundwater contaminants
The widespread use of pesticides across the United States has been in practice for decades, with little knowledge of the long-term effects on the nation’s ...
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UNESCO is publishing the first-ever world map of shared aquifers to coincide with the submission to the General Assembly of the United Nations on 27 October ...
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The US Department of Justice, on behalf of the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, filed a ...
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its final plan to clean up contamination at the Mercury Refining Superfund site in the towns ...
- Fort Peck Tribes are first in nation to assume key groundwater protection responsibilities
The Fort Peck Tribes Underground Injection Control (UIC) program has been approved by the US EPA, making the Tribes the first in the nation to assume ...
- Protecting soils and producing biofuel with corn stover
Those lonely cornstalks—called corn stover—left behind in the fields after the grain harvest is complete could someday become valuable raw material for ...
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CH2M HILL, a global full-service engineering, procurement, construction, and operations firm, has been awarded a $110 million Remedial Action Contract-2 ...
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