Study: Disturbed soils emit 3.9 billion metric tonnes of carbon a year

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New research from WRI warns drained, burned, or disturbed soil can become a major source of emissions that threatens both climate and food security

Disturbed and degraded soils emitted around 3.9 billion metric tonnes of greenhouse gases a year between 2016 and 2024, as land-use change further eroded one of the world's most important natural climate...

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