Compost can turn agricultural soils into a carbon sink, thus protecting against climate change
Date: 27.2.2008
Applying **organic fertilizers**, such as those resulting **from composting**, to agricultural land could increase **the amount of carbon stored** in these soils and contribute significantly to the reduction of **greenhouse gas emissions**, according to new research published in a special issue of Waste Management & Research (Special issue published today by SAGE).
"EurekAlert!":[ http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-02/spu-cct022208.php]
