natural co2 emissions Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 10:49:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Arctic Soil Carbon More Vulnerable to Climate Change Than Predicted https://www.greenoptimistic.com/arctic-soil-carbon-vulnerable-climate-change-predicted-20140905/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/arctic-soil-carbon-vulnerable-climate-change-predicted-20140905/#respond Fri, 05 Sep 2014 10:49:43 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=49126 The amount of carbon stored in the world’s soils is more than double that of what is found in the atmosphere. Annually around 60bn tons of carbon is released from the soil due to microbial activity, yet there is still no consensus between researchers on whether raising temperatures would accelerate this process. An international team […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/arctic-soil-carbon-vulnerable-climate-change-predicted-20140905/feed/ 0 49126 Soil-Emitted Carbon Dioxide Influenced by Climate Warming https://www.greenoptimistic.com/soil-carbon-dioxide-climate-warming-20130122/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/soil-carbon-dioxide-climate-warming-20130122/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:28:35 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=31845 A study published in the latest issue of the journal Nature Climate Change, conducted by University of New Hampshire professor Serita Frey together with a team from the University of California-Davis and the Marine Biological Laboratory, concluded that increase in temperatures will lead to additional release of carbon from soils. The authors explain how soil […]

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