Editor Pat Heslop-HarrisonVia Scoop.it – AnnBot
Soil beneath grassland stores up to 70t/ha of carbon (25t/ha more than arable crops), and acts as a valuable sink for carbon dioxide, one of the gases on the climate change blacklist.
Via www.talkinggrass.co.uk
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