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Australia: Carbon cycle tracked as Victoria's forests breathe

2013-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Age: Nestled among the dry eucalypt forests behind Nagambie, north of Melbourne, the 36-metre metal ''flux tower'' looks out of place. Far above the sparse grey box and lemon gums it sends out an infrared beam that, 20 times a second, measures the transfer of carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and the landscape. The project is part of scientific efforts to understand one of the big unknown questions in climate science: will soil, trees and plants continue to soak up large amounts of CO2 as the...

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