Tag: Nature Geoscience

  • Amazon River Exhales Virtually All Carbon Taken Up by Rain Forest

    Until recently people believed much of the rain forest’s carbon floated down the Amazon River and ended up deep in the ocean. University of Washington research showed a decade ago that rivers exhale huge amounts of carbon dioxide – though left open the question of how that was possible, since bark and stems were thought…

  • Plants Moderate Climate Warming

    As temperatures warm, plants release gases that help form clouds and cool the atmosphere, according to research from International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the University of Helsinki.