Explosive volcanic eruptions can act as carbon sinks. By burying soil organic carbon under a layer of tephra, eruptions can effectively isolate it and act as a carbon sink.
Very happy to have contributed to that work from P. Delmelle, S. Biass and M. Paque !
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Explosive volcanic eruptions can act as carbon sinks - Nature Communications
Over approximately the last 12,000 years, tephra fall from volcanic eruptions in Ecuador have buried large amounts of stable carbon in soils, making explosive volcanism a significant long-term regiona...
