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“Mojave Desert mineral-rich soils adsorbed more atmospheric CO2 as they cooled at night and desorbed it as they warmed during the day; the study's global extrapolation estimated 1–3 gigatons of carbon moving into and out of desert soils annually, based only on Mojave soils.”
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Checked in Galedra: score 0.88, mostly supported · not yet reviewed by anyone else “Mojave Desert mineral-rich soils adsorbed more atmospheric CO2 as they cooled at night and desorbed it as they warmed during the day; the study's global extrapolation estimated 1–3 gigatons of carbon…” https://galedra.org/investigations/01a0eaa0-c611-70d9-88e1-35057aaa0b7d
“Mojave Desert mineral-rich soils adsorbed more atmospheric CO2 as they cooled at night and desorbed it as they warmed during the day; the study's global extrapolation estimated 1–3 gigatons of carbon moving into and out of desert soils annually, based only on Mojave soils.”
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Sources read
- UC Berkeley Scientists Find a Carbon Cycle Hiding in Desert Minerals · https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/uc-berkeley-scientists-find-carbon-cycle-hiding-desert-minerals
- Scientists find a carbon cycle hiding in desert minerals · https://phys.org/news/2026-09-scientists-carbon-minerals.html
- Soil CO2 Uptake in Deserts and Its Implications to the Groundwater Environment · https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/8/9/379
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