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Nation's forests and soils store equivalent of 50 years of U.S. CO2 emissions -- USGS
Posted on Friday, December 11, 2009U.S. Geological Survey scientists have found that the conterminous U.S. presently stores 73 billion metric tons of carbon in soils and 17 billion metric tons in forests. This is equivalent to more than 50 years of America’s current CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels. This shows the need to protect existing carbon stores to prevent additional warming and future harm to ecosystems.
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