Yale University on Mythryl: “Farmers in the Mississippi River Basin have long spread crushed…”

Farmers in the Mississippi River Basin have long spread crushed limestone on fields to reduce soil acidity and improve crop yields. Now, a Yale-led study finds that the practice has also removed more carbon dioxide than it released over the past century.

bit.lyAdding limestone to Mississippi River Basin farmlands acts as a major carbon sink, study findsUsing a trove of historical records, researchers have found that a process known as agricultural liming stores more carbon in the soil than it emits, a finding that contradicts conventional emissions accounting.

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