Soil and Carbon Dioxide — Test 4, Section 4
IELTS_ACADEMIC · Ielts Listening Section · Cambridge IELTS 11 Academic, Cambridge University Press
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Rattan Lal: • Claims that 13% of CO₂ in the atmosphere could be absorbed by agricultural soils • Erosion is more likely in soil that is ___ • Lal found soil in Africa that was very ___ • It was suggested that carbon from soil was entering the atmosphere Soil and carbon: • plants turn CO₂ from the air into carbon-based substances such as ___ • some CO₂ moves from the ___ of plants to microbes in the soil • carbon was lost from the soil when agriculture was invented Regenerative agriculture: • uses established practices to make sure soil remains fertile and ___ • e.g. through year-round planting and increasing the ___ of plants that are grown California study: • taking place on a big ___ farm • uses compost made from waste from agriculture and ___ Australia study: • aims to increase soil carbon by using ___ that are always green Future developments may include: • reducing the amount of fertilizer used in farming • giving farmers ___ for carbon storage, as well as their produce
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The use of soil to reduce carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere
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A lecture on using soil to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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