EARTHWORM ACTIVITY CAN ALTER FORESTS' CARBON-CARRYING CAPABILITIES
October 27, 2008
October 27, 2008
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 27 -- Purdue University issued the following news release:
Earthworms can change the chemical nature of the carbon in North American forest litter and soils, potentially affecting the amount of carbon stored in forests, according to Purdue University researchers.
The Purdue scientists, along with collaborators from the Smithsonian Institution and Johns Hopkins University, study the habits of earthworms originally brought to North America f . . .
Earthworms can change the chemical nature of the carbon in North American forest litter and soils, potentially affecting the amount of carbon stored in forests, according to Purdue University researchers.
The Purdue scientists, along with collaborators from the Smithsonian Institution and Johns Hopkins University, study the habits of earthworms originally brought to North America f . . .