To make agriculture more climate-friendly, carbon farming needs clear rules

  • Written by: Laura van der Pol, Ph.D Student in Ecology, Colorado State University
To make agriculture more climate-friendly, carbon farming needs clear rulesSoybeans sprout on an Illinois farm through corn stubble left on an unplowed field from the previous season – an example of no-till farming.Paige Buck, USDA/Flickr, CC BY

As the effects of climate change intensify and paths for limiting global warming narrow, politicians, media and environmental advocates have rallied behind “carbon...

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