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A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World’s Forests

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 19 Aug 2011 France Publisher:American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Journal:Science, volume 333, pages 988-993 (issn: 0036-8075, eissn: 1095-9203,

Authors: Daniel J. Hayes; Oliver L. Phillips; Pekka E. Kauppi; Philippe Ciais; Richard A. Houghton; Jingyun Fang; Jingyun Fang; +12 Authors

doi: 10.1126/science.1201609

pmid: 21764754

A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World’s Forests

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Abstract

Net average global annual uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide by forests was 1.1 petagrams of carbon, roughly one-sixth of fossil fuel emissions.

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Keywords

[SDE] Environmental Sciences, Carbon Sequestration, Conservation of Natural Resources, Tropical Climate, 550, Atmosphere, Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, 551, 333, Carbon, Trees, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, Biomass, Ecosystem

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