Land is one-fourth of earth's surface and it holds three times as much carbon as the atmosphere
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Source: Sara J. Scherr and Sajal Sthapit, "Farming and Land Use to Cool the Planet,"State of the World 2009, Into a Warming World, Worldwatch Institute, 2009, 31.