Drainage of Organic Soils as a Factor in the World Carbon Cycle
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 30 (12), 825-830
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1308375
Abstract
Current releases of CO2 from three major organic deposits in the United States approach 0.5% of the global fossil-fuel CO2 emissions. Total release from worldwide drainage of wetlands may be 10 or more times higher. Present evidence indicates drainage programs have converted wet organic soils from natural sinks into net sources of atmospheric CO2.Keywords
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