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Farming Releases Carbon From Soil Into The Air. Can We Put It Back? [1]

"Traditional farming depletes the soil and releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. But decades ago, a scientist named Rattan Lal helped start a movement based on the idea that carbon could be put back into the soil — a practice known today as 'regenerative agriculture.'"

Dan Charles reports for NPR August 18, 2020. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"Storing Carbon In The Prairie Grass" (Washington Post) [3]

Agriculture [4]
Climate Change [5]
International [6]
Public [7]
Source: NPR [2], 08/20/2020
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/farming-releases-carbon-soil-air-can-we-put-it-back [2] https://www.npr.org/2020/08/17/903184905/farming-releases-carbon-from-the-earths-soil-into-the-air-can-we-put-it-back [3] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/08/19/climate-change-prairie/?arc404=true [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [7] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81