Warmer soils add to climate worry.
8th Sep 2005, 12:31 GMT
They base their assessment on a huge analysis of soil samples gathered from across England and Wales over 25 years. The team says its findings, if extended to the whole of the UK, suggest some 13 million tonnes of carbon are being lost from British soils each year.
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