How Does Carbon Get Into Soil?

Professor Helen Czerski reveals how soil acts as a natural vault trapping carbon. She warns that rising global temperatures accelerate the organisms that break carbon down, risking the release of massive amounts of carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere.

This clip is taken from Professor Czerski's lecture 'The Ground We Stand On', linked here.

Helen Czerski

Professor Helen Czerski

Frank Jackson Foundation Professor of the Environment

Helen Czerski is a physicist and oceanographer with a passion for science, sport, books, creativity, hot chocolate and investigating the interesting things in life. 

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