by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
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At higher temperatures, the soil tends to release greater amounts of phosphorus<\/strong>, a study<\/a> published in the journal Science Advances has found. The investigation was carried out by collecting information on a global scale. That means this phenomenon, which had already been recognised before based on the hypothesis of an existing link between climate<\/strong> and dispersion rates, is now also confirmed by empirical data.<\/p>\n During their investigation, researchers from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/strong> in Beijing compiled a geochemical dataset of global surface soils. Temperature, the authors explain, proved to be the crucial factor.<\/p>\n