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

phys.org · 13hShare

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."

First report: Agricultural liming is a carbon sink in the Mississippi River Basin — nature.com, 1d