Solutions to Climate Change: Using Trees and Grasses to Capture Carbon

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The team will also compare the process with that of arable food crops, such as wheat, and will test the idea that the ‘bioenergy’ crops are better at stimulating long-term retention of soil carbon.

Unlike existing food crops that are harvested after just a few months, trees and grasses can spend decades growing before they are harvested and release their trapped CO2, making the process more effective.