After nearly 40 years of research, scientists have uncovered evidence that challenges a long held assumption about forest soils. The world's longest running soil warming experiment suggests that even carbon once considered stable can begin to break down as temperatures rise, releasing additional CO2 into the atmosphere.
Jerry Melillo, a Distinguished Scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory, has spent the past 37 years studying heated plots in ...

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