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Where plant roots meet the earth — a zone scientists call the rhizosphere — a complex set of biological and physicochemical processes occur. These processes can drive organic carbon into the soil through the accumulation of dead plants and microbes, but can also convert the organic carbon into carbon dioxide as roots move through the soil.

$3.7M grant will support multidisciplinary team in developing advanced rhizosphere carbon imaging for climate change research

A team of researchers at UC Santa Cruz and Stanford University are leading a new project in which they aim to use dynamic imaging and modeling of carbon in the rhizosphere to answer longstanding questions about how carbon moves through the soil and plant root interface.

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