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Basalt Rock Dust Could Help Soils Store More CO2, Increase Yields

June 5, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

Adding basalt rock dust to farmers’ fields could help soils to store four times more carbon dioxide (CO2) and increase crop yields, according to new research by academics at the University of Sheffield. The study, published in Global Change Biology, found that adding the dust increased yields of the cereal crop sorghum by as much as 20 percent. Read more in this article from Technology Networks.

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