Forgive us our carbon debts

Marcia N. Macedo () and Eric A. Davidson
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Marcia N. Macedo: Marcia N. Macedo and Eric A. Davidson are at Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02540, USA
Eric A. Davidson: Marcia N. Macedo and Eric A. Davidson are at Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02540, USA

Nature Climate Change, 2014, vol. 4, issue 7, 538-539

Abstract: Sugar cane ethanol replaces fossil fuels, but changes in soil carbon could offset some of the benefit. Now, a study shows minor loss of soil carbon when pastures and croplands are converted to cane, but larger losses when converting native savannahs.

Date: 2014
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