Asian News International: A new study of Australian soils has indicated that as the climate warns, soils may not release as much carbon dioxide (CO2) as predictions have suggested. According to a report in Discovery News, the study was done by Johannes Lehmann of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Dirt releases the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide when microbes in the soil digest organic matter from things like decaying plants. As temperatures warm, the microbes eat faster, releasing more CO2. …