carbon research

By Tina Hilding, College of Engineering & Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have been heavily involved in the design, development and testing of a NASA observatory set to launch at 2:56 a.m. Tuesday, July 1, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Like the water cycle, carbon takes different forms as it cycles through the ocean, land and atmosphere.   In the gaseous form — carbon dioxide — it is absorbed by vegetation, which in turn is eaten by animals. At death, the carbon is returned to the soil as organic matter — accumulating over the eons […]