Campbell Biology, Bio 101
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Author: Reece
Publisher: Pearson Education
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MAKE CONNECTIONS → There are vast stores of organic matter in the soils of northern coniferous forests and tundra around the world. Suggest an explanation for why scientists who study global warming are closely monitoring these stores (see Figure 55.14).
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