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Adding limestone to Mississippi River Basin farmlands acts as a major carbon sink, study finds

In a discovery as broad and far-reaching as the Big Muddy itself, a new Yale–led study says farmers in the Mississippi River Basin are storing more carbon dioxide (CO2) in the soil than they emit when they add limestone to their fields, an agricultural practice known as "liming."

Adding limestone to Mississippi River Basin farmlands acts as a major carbon sink, study finds
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In a discovery as broad and far-reaching as the Big Muddy itself, a new Yale–led study says farmers in the Mississippi River Basin are storing more carbon dioxide (CO2) in the soil than they emit when they add limestone to their fields, an agricultural practice known as "liming."

Originally published at Phys.org

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