University of Hawaii: Urgent Need to Preserve Wetlands to Prevent Major Greenhouse Gas Emissions
January 07, 2021
January 07, 2021
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 7 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
The carbon balance in peatlands worldwide may shift from a sink (absorbing carbon) to a source (releasing carbon) this century primarily due to human impacts across the tropics, according to a paper published in Nature Climate Change by a multidisciplinary team of scientists, including Dave Beilman, associate professor of geography and environment in the College of Social Sciences.
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The carbon balance in peatlands worldwide may shift from a sink (absorbing carbon) to a source (releasing carbon) this century primarily due to human impacts across the tropics, according to a paper published in Nature Climate Change by a multidisciplinary team of scientists, including Dave Beilman, associate professor of geography and environment in the College of Social Sciences.
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