Measuring carbon in soil takes a leap forward

Researchers at the Soil Security Laboratory at the University of Sydney have developed an instrument, the soil carbon bench, which can determine carbon levels from much larger samples, with greater accuracy and lower cost, than any existing technology.The soil carbon bench (SCB) and its first results were presented this week at the International Union of Soil Sciences Global Soil Carbon Workshop, held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The Faculty of Agriculture and Environment research team consists of Robert Pallasser, Associate Professor Budiman Minasny and Professor Alex McBratney."The agricultural sector in Australia has the potential to capture and store carbon emissions in soil. However there is no...