November 27, 1998
Organic Farming Could Trap Atmosphere's Excess Carbon, Scientists Say
Farmers could trap some of the excess carbon dioxide that industrial civilization is pumping into the atmosphere by expanding their use of organic-farming techniques, researchers report in the November 19 issue of Nature.
The researchers, from the Rodale Institute, in Kutztown, Pa., and Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, compared the results of two organic techniques for fertilizing farmland and one
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