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Vegetation piles on the carbs

Human activty is putting nearly ten billion tons of additional CO2 into the atmosphere each year. These emissions derive from burning of fossil fuels and changes in land use. Only half of this additional CO2 stays in the atmosphere, however. The rest is absorbed by oceans and by land (vegetation + soils). Climate researchers investigate [...]

July 8, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Carbon, Uncategorized  No Comments