Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: How to Bury Carbon? Let Plants Do the Dirty Work
February 06, 2021
February 06, 2021
COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Feb. 6 (TNSRes) -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news:
Forty-nine million years ago, a small aquatic fern called Azolla took control of Earth's climate. At the time, the landlocked Arctic Ocean developed a surface layer of freshwater, which allowed the ferns to grow unchecked in a wide-open environment. Over time, billions of tons of the plants died and sank to the bottom of the ocean, taking with them the carbon they had s . . .
Forty-nine million years ago, a small aquatic fern called Azolla took control of Earth's climate. At the time, the landlocked Arctic Ocean developed a surface layer of freshwater, which allowed the ferns to grow unchecked in a wide-open environment. Over time, billions of tons of the plants died and sank to the bottom of the ocean, taking with them the carbon they had s . . .