ScienceDaily: Rivers and streams release carbon dioxide at a rate five times greater than the world's lakes and reservoirs combined, contrary to common belief.
Research from the University of Waterloo was a key component of the international study, the findings of which appear in a recent issue of the journal Nature.
"Identifying the sources and amounts of carbon dioxide released from continental water sources has been a gap in understanding the carbon cycle. Our findings show just how much carbon dioxide...