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Analyzing soil water retention

Analyzing soil water retention

Researchers from the University of California worked at the Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan to discover where carbon goes in soil

 
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Michael Schaefer, a former postdoctoral researcher from the department of environmental sciences at the University of California Riverside, discusses how he used the technology at the Canadian Light Source. He analyzed the carbon found in soil that had cover crops and soil without.

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