<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/sticky-roots-and-the-fate-of-soil-carbon-in-natural-ecosystems.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero/><pubDate>09/23/2020</pubDate><title>"Sticky roots" and the fate of soil carbon in natural ecosystems</title><description>Sep 23, 2020 - Carolyn Malmstrom is part of a research team awarded a $1 million Department of Energy (DOE) grant to study "sticky roots" and the fate of soil carbon in natural ecosystems.</description><author/><hero-image><img src="" alt="photo of a plant and roots"/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2020/Sticky-root-cropped.jpg" alt="photo of a plant and roots"/></image></item>