Shunned by microbes, organic carbon can resist breakdown in underground environments

Organic matter whose breakdown would yield only minimal energy for hungry microorganisms preferentially builds up in floodplains, illuminating a new mechanism of carbon sequestration, a new study reveals.

(via WSJ)



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