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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Caption: University of Illinois plant biology and Energy Biosciences Institute professor Evan DeLucia and postdoctoral researcher Kristina Anderson-Teixeira developed a new way to calculate the potential climate impacts of land use changes, one that takes into account the greenhouse gas value and the biophysical attributes of different ecosystems.
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer
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