650657 external_news 1631297867 1632413525 Agriculture is responsible for more than 10 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and some in the industry are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint. One of those efforts is replacing the kind of crushed rock farmers use to neutralize their soil’s acidity, from limestone to basalt. Chris Reinhard, associate professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, is one of the researchers involved in the study. (National Public Radio's Morning Edition picked up the story, which can be heard here.) 

 

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