Binder 02: Field Notes and Documents
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Publication Date
4-1-1989
Abstract
Annual carbon fluxes are shown in units of one billion metric tons. Photosynthesis on land removes about 100 billion tons of carbon from the atmosphere annually in the form of carbon dioxide. Plant and soil respiration each return about 50 billion tons. Fossil-fuel burning and deforestation release into the atmosphere respectively about five and two billion tons. Physiochemical processes at the sea level surface release about 100 billion tons into the atmosphere and absorb about 104. The net atmospheric gain is about three billion tons annually. The table lists the world’s major carbon reservoirs.
Keywords
Energy, Resources, Soil, Carbon, Climate
Extent
1 page
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Box
1
Folder
Binder 2
Language
English
Identifier
ogden2_notes_1059
Recommended Citation
Scientific American, "Atmospheric Carbon Flux" (1989). Binder 02: Field Notes and Documents. 60.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ogden2_notes/60
