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Huge carbon sink exists in soil minerals WSU researcher finds

By Eric Sorensen, WSU News VANCOUVER, Wash. – A Washington State University researcher has discovered that vast amounts of carbon can be stored by soil minerals more than a foot below the surface. The finding could help offset the rising greenhouse-gas emissions helping warm the Earth’s climate.

Five research projects receive funding

Five WSU “waste-to-resources” research projects have been awarded grants by the Washington State Department of Ecology totaling $586,000. The five WSU projects are among six research and two demonstration proposals to receive funding under the department’s “Organic Waste to Resources” program, which awarded a total of just under $730,000 in grants. The competitive grants are […]