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Proglacial freshwaters are significant and previously unrecognized sinks of atmospheric CO

Proglacial freshwaters are significant and previously unrecognized sinks of atmospheric CO

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Proglacial freshwaters are significant and previously unrecognized sinks of atmospheric CO

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Proglacial freshwaters are significant and previously unrecognized sinks of atmospheric CO

Publisher

National Academy of Sciences

Journal title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2019-09, Vol.116 (36), p.17690-17695

Language

English

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National Academy of Sciences

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Contents

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from freshwater ecosystems are almost universally predicted to increase with climate warming. Glacier-fed rivers and lakes, however, differ critically from those in nonglacierized catchments in that they receive little terrestrial input of organic matter for decomposition and CO₂ production, and transport large quanti...

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Proglacial freshwaters are significant and previously unrecognized sinks of atmospheric CO

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_jstor_primary_26851198

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_jstor_primary_26851198

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ISSN

0027-8424

E-ISSN

1091-6490

DOI

10.1073/pnas.1904241116

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