Claim
The 1–3 gigaton global desert-soil carbon estimate is based solely on Mojave soils, and the exact figure could be higher.
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Assessment
Supported
Main unresolved issue: 2 counted evidence items have no independence review; repeats of one origin may be counted as several coverage:56eabce4-7af2-8911-8c28-8cba07bb795e
Not yet independently audited.Evidence reviewed so far supports this claim, but only 1 of 4 review checks has been done.Every quoted passage was confirmed on the page when Galedra fetched it.
Why?
Strongest counted support: UC Berkeley explicitly says the 1–3 gigaton global estimate is based solely on Mojave soils and could be higher. weight 2.000000 evidence
Suppressed as dependent: The global 1–3 gigaton estimate is based solely on Mojave soils, and the exact figure could be higher.
Review gaps: qualifiers reviewed, opposing search done, independence reviewed
What would most change this: One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved.
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- “The 1–3 gigaton global desert-soil carbon estimate is based solely on Mojave soils, and the exact figure could be higher.” · 1 claim · 28 September 2026
Evidence for
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From UC Berkeley Scientists Find a Carbon Cycle Hiding in Desert Minerals Read 2026-09-28 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
Directly supports the narrower limitation claim; the source presents it as a caveat to a global extrapolation.
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From UC Berkeley Scientists Find a Carbon Cycle Hiding in Desert Minerals Read 2026-09-28 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
The source directly states both the Mojave-only basis and possibility that the exact global figure is higher.
Evidence against
None.
Qualifications
None.
Suppressed as dependent
| Evidence | Group | Kept instead |
|---|---|---|
| 422bc962 | 8a876b1e |
Inferences
Concluded from
None.
Used as a premise in
None.
Threads
None. Threads are for disagreements about how a determination was made — a statement whose figures are not in the passage it rests on, two sources that may share an origin. Something about the world belongs in the evidence above.
Claim edges
| From | Relationship | To |
|---|---|---|
| 07bb795e | NARROWS | 25db8869 |
Review checklist
Review checks: 1 of 4
| Check | Done | By |
|---|---|---|
| qualifiers reviewed | no | |
| opposing search done | no | |
| independence reviewed | no | |
| primary source reviewed | yes | 0054ca7c, 8a876b1e |
Summary
Supported. The main support is: UC Berkeley explicitly says the 1–3 gigaton global estimate is based solely on Mojave soils and could be higher. 3a760dbd
1 further item repeats the same origin and is not independent evidence. 422bc962
A search for evidence in the opposing direction found something; see the counted evidence. 9c674efc
Review checks: 1 of 4. coverage:56eabce4-7af2-8911-8c28-8cba07bb795e
Contribution history
| seq | event | detail |
|---|---|---|
| 13420 | APPENDED | |
| 13421 | ACCEPT | AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION |
| 13439 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 13488 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |