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African savanna grasslands store carbon mainly below ground

Original: # Africa Savanna grasses are eaten, decompose and burn, returning much of the carbon in their leaves and stems to the at

A review of experiments on African savanna grasslands finds that grasses are eaten, decompose and burn, returning much of the carbon in their leaves and stems to the atmosphere. The study concludes that long-term carbon storage in these grasslands happens mainly below ground, in soils, and found no consistent increase in storage from the experiments examined.

Why now: The findings matter for climate debates about whether grassland restoration can reliably store carbon.

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• # Africa Savanna grasses are eaten, decompose and burn, returning much of the carbon in their leaves and stems to the atmosphere. Long-term carbon storage in grasslands occurs mainly below ground, particularly in soils, and our review of experiments found no consistent increase… · Snoro · 4

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