Tibetan Soil Enrichment with Nitrogen and Phosphorus Leads to Carbon Loss (IMAGE)

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Tibetan Soil Enrichment with Nitrogen and Phosphorus Leads to Carbon Loss

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A RUDN soil scientist studied the soils of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and found out that simultaneous increase of nitrogen and phosphorus levels reduces the volume of organic carbon in the soil.

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Yakov Kuzyakov/Natalia Deryugina

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