News tagged with terrestrial carbon cycle


Study of agricultural watersheds and carbon losses

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) losses from tile drains are an underquantified portion of the terrestrial carbon cycle. This is particularly important in the eastern corn belt where tile drainage dominates the agricultural ...





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Scientists say climate change mitigation strategies ignore carbon cycling processes of inland waters

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In the paper, The Boundless Carbon Cycle, published in the September issue of Nature Geoscience, scientists from the University of Vienna, Uppsala University in Sweden, University of Antwerp, and the U.S. based Stroud Water ...


Study: Fallen leaves found less polluting

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created Mar 21, 2007 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

U.S. government scientists say freshly fallen leaves contribute less to the levels of carbon in mineral soil than was previously believed.


The global carbon budget -- proper accounting means paying attention to inland waters

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created Apr 04, 2007 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Life as we know it, from the most basic microbes to our human neighbors, is carbon based. By investigating how carbon cycles through ecosystems, scientists can learn valuable information about food chains, nutrient cycling, ...


All the carbon counts

All the carbon counts

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created May 28, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Cutting down forests for agriculture vents excess carbon dioxide into the air just as industrial activities and the burning of fossil fuels do. But whether policies to stabilize greenhouse gases in the atmosphere ...


New model revises estimates of terrestrial carbon dioxide uptake

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created Dec 11, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new model of global carbon and nitrogen cycling that will fundamentally transform the understanding of how plants and soils interact with a changing atmosphere and ...


New isotope cluster could lead to better understanding of atmospheric carbon dioxide

New isotope cluster could lead to better understanding of atmospheric carbon dioxide

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created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers has discovered an unexpected concentration of a certain isotopic molecule in parts of the stratosphere that could have implications for understanding the carbon cycle ...


Intensive land management leaves Europe without carbon sinks

Intensive land management leaves Europe without carbon sinks

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A new calculation of Europe's greenhouse gas balance shows that emissions of methane and nitrous oxide tip the balance and eliminate Europe's terrestrial sink of greenhouse gases.


Rivers are carbon processors, not inert pipelines

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created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (14) | comments 5

Microorganisms in rivers and streams play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle that has not previously been considered. Freshwater ecologist Dr. Tom Battin, of the University of Vienna, told a COST ESF Frontiers of Science ...


Fish food fight: Fish don't eat trees after all, says new study

Fish food fight: Fish don't eat trees after all, says new study

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- What constitutes fish food is a matter of debate. A high-profile study a few years ago suggested that fish get almost 50 percent of their carbon from trees and leaves, evidence for a very ...


Soil Microorganisms? Role Cited as a Missing Factor in Climate Change Equation

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created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Those seeking to understand and predict climate change can now use an additional tool to calculate carbon dioxide exchanges on land, according to a scientific journal article co-authored by a University of ...



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