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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaefs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SAs paritwi ofaroadc-base climate chkange iitatie, the B  iden_ adiitato  as proposed
ub idzn ha- rners - t pn Cover crops to sequeser carbon ir the soil; an p'proacn
4 Howvr,-it Is .x pnive r rnmrsure the aunit 1  carbon rrappdcc- in -Si, riint! mcarbn
farl:ng programs E- .Ikely to be --nei-ret, and carbon Sestered 4n response to
such ien es Ikey i r._relased ciflCnventiondtrmn1   a-in --- are- rinItrodu.:ecl
a At present, remedies for these concerns are few, and adeptino carbon farming is costiy
for farmers, suggesting iovornrnnt rescorces may be more wi'y used for o[her approaches
to reduccing norenh on se gas em isions am whe ag rcuLura I sector.

Soils play an important rOe hi or- changing climate,i
et: they are often  - veloo  in fvoro ro  r wel-
known fators  sl as fossil f'els. Hwv2er, the
prospect o   v overnient paymnts to farmers for
mat r id     soni management has  rought soil
to the l re. In' his, April 2-02 v dress t  a jint sI es-
siOn of C1;0 ge  , President Joe Bid en promoted a
plan .-fr fj-mers to lannt cove eroips, so they cal
reduce carbon i xido -n the ait and get pAd tor
doing   ---an approac ldey described as pr
mtmng Cacre fr 01)11
1ts report, I argan t-an such polies are in'ikely-
so sxignificandyiv affect the rate tLf ciate change.
How and Why Is the Clinate Changing?
Grneeh-rrse gases (GHGs) in th e Ealt atmosphere
help .keep the planet wanr eio ug-h fr - rlia to flourish
The; act like a blanker, letting heat from the su _
thiough.   Eart and then preventing that heat

iro   ain  cl- - g into sacn The rn  e GHG sI  the
atmr0os'phtre, the wa  er the planet,
Th  aerUag 0 lobial tempatuire i  '-anuary
trough October w was O4 0C -igh-r than he
L{t-Cientvy nraeragn over th- san mnoths. cie-
nss estmate ithat becart-us  f further emiSsions o
GHfC-, qtmpeiat u es  l ise another 0. C to
SC over the next -ctry dr depnd'ing on the extent
ot G HG  mion n -mii - a <i n  --ti -ti
The most pominen GH-G is carbon dixide (Ct)
bIu others in nu.d mertane n 3ud Aig emissi-ns
from i ve'stock), nits oxd- e rgy fr on nitro-
gen Uer iliz r  'indwervapnot ra  ds   ow r,
t  focus her e -is on carO e.91is-ins, whic- have
been esmimated to be responsible for So percent of
global w armn g since :1t-8t` and whemher tan Biden
tdin-ist ratirOSN s p-rops -for praying tarme'-rs ti lnt
cover rops w  . affect su h mr i sions.
Cahron is absorbed fron the atmospoberc by liv-
<ngpants and passed along to anirmals that eat thcse

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