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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12448

18 March 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 32 / 36
NEWS BRIEFS / Environment
Soil remediation could eliminate up to 5.5 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases per year, according to new study

17/03/2020 (Agence Europe)According to a study published Monday, 16 March, in the Nature Sustainability journal, restoring and protecting the planet's soil could help eliminate up to 5.5 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases every year, which is a level almost equivalent to the annual emissions rate of the United States. According to the authors, soil carbon sequestration accounts for 25% of the potential of 'natural climate solutions'. Of this, 40% would come from the protection of soil...

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