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Tropical Ecosystems Boost Carbon Dioxide as Temperatures Increase
2013-07-25 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Unlike in other parts of the word, tropical ecosystems are capable of generating significant carbon dioxide when temperatures rise, an international team of researchers has found. Specifically, the scientists discovered that a temperature increase of just 1 degree Celsius in near-surface air temperatures in the tropics results in an average annual growth rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide that is equivalent to one-third of the annual global emissions caused by the combustion of fossil fuels and...
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