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Soil May Release More Carbon than Expected, Affecting Climate Change Models

Some 80 percent of Earth’s carbon is held in soil. Now droughts are causing the release of increasing amounts of greenhouse gases
Dry and cracking soil. Tufts scientists say soil, holding 80 percent of Earth’s carbon, releases increasing amounts of greenhouse gases as droughts create negative feedback loops affecting climate change.