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Recent Links Tagged "soil"

The Myth of Nitrogen Fertilization for Soil Carbon Sequestration -- Khan et al. 36 (6): 1821 -- Journal of Environmental Quality

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nitrogen, agriculture, soil, carbon, fertilizer

Interesting technical article about the interactions of nitrogren fertilization and the build up of soil carbon. Turns out that while N fertilizer does increase biomass, it doesn't lead to increase soil carbon

A Better Biofuel? -- Whipple 2006 (1207): 5 -- ScienceNOW

tags:
biofuels, carbon, soil, feedstock

An article about important emerging research on how mix grasses produce higher yields than monocultures.

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