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Abandoned Russian farmland soaks up 50 million tons of carbon every year
2013-10-04 23:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: When the USSR collapsed, the communal farming systems that helped feed the union`s citizens collapsed with it. Farmers abandoned 1 million acres of farmland and headed into the cities in search of work. New research by European scientists has revealed the staggering climate benefits of that sweeping change in land use. According to the study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, wild vegetation growing on former USSR farming lands has sucked up approximately 50 million tons of carbon...
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