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New Study Reveals That Earthworms Accelerate Global Warming

02/06/2013
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  • New Study Reveals That Earthworms Are Accelerating Global Warming
    In 2011, we published a story that non-native earthworms were a threat to the US as they were releasing more carbon into the atmosphere. Now a new Dutch/US study has revealed that it's not just non-native earthworms that accelerate carbon release, but ALL earthworms. However, the report, which was published in the Nature journal, states that it is not so much the earthworms' fault, but the soil in which they live....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/new-study-reveals-that-earthworms-are-accelerating-global-warming/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Earthworm
    In 2011, we published a story that non-native earthworms were a threat to the US as they were releasing more carbon into the atmosphere. Now a new Dutch/US study has revealed that it's not just non-native earthworms that accelerate carbon release, but ALL earthworms. However, the report, which was published in the Nature journal, states that it is not so much the earthworms' fault, but the soil in which they live....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/new-study-reveals-that-earthworms-are-accelerating-global-warming/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Worms
    In 2011, we published a story that non-native earthworms were a threat to the US as they were releasing more carbon into the atmosphere. Now a new Dutch/US study has revealed that it's not just non-native earthworms that accelerate carbon release, but ALL earthworms. However, the report, which was published in the Nature journal, states that it is not so much the earthworms' fault, but the soil in which they live....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/new-study-reveals-that-earthworms-are-accelerating-global-warming/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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New Study Reveals That Earthworms Are Accelerating Global Warming

In 2011, we published a story that non-native earthworms were a threat to the US as they were releasing more carbon into the atmosphere. Now a new Dutch/US study has revealed that it's not just non-native earthworms that accelerate carbon release, but ALL earthworms. However, the report, which was published in the Nature journal, states that it is not so much the earthworms' fault, but the soil in which they live....

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