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Professor digs into importance of soil in Earth's carbon storage

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Jeff Hatten and family.

Jeff Hatten, professor of forest soils at Oregon State, talks about carbon storage in soil. Soil is the Earth’s second-biggest carbon storage locker after the ocean. This research shows that moisture in the soil is the key to how well the soil carbon warehouse works.

Co-host of KPCW's This Green Earth.
Co-host of KPCW's This Green Earth.
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