Tracking the UK’s carbon from soil to sea

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This January scientists from a range of disciplines will come together to undertake the first ever coordinated sampling of the major rivers in Great Britain to look for soil derived organic carbon. This carbon is a large element of our ‘natural capital’ – in fact it is so large that restoring some damaged elements of it, such as upland peat bogs, could cost up to  £570 million over the…