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The passage directly reports temperature-linked CO2 adsorption and desorption and the 1–3 gigaton global extrapolation based solely on Mojave soils. MODEL_OUTPUT

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Source: UC Berkeley Scientists Find a Carbon Cycle Hiding in Desert Minerals · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:c19a2713567df448c7e3e46f4d05dfba5b82007c712c16a0c2b0a0f65be159f4

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The soils took up more carbon dioxide as they cooled and released it as they warmed, confirming that the nighttime uptake is driven by adsorption, not biology. When scaled globally, the authors estimate that between one and three gigatons (1–3 GT) of carbon ... move into and out of desert soils each year. The exact figure could be higher, as the estimate is based solely on Mojave soils.

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