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    Fertilizer boosts soil’s ability to lock away carbon

    2025-10-15T15:23:00Z

    The 180-year experiment at Rothamsted — the world’s longest-running agricultural trial — has revealed that long-term application of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilisers can significantly increase the amount of carbon stored in farmland soils, helping to mitigate climate change.