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Where has all the carbon gone?

The forests and wetlands of North America may be sopping up a large fraction of the carbon dioxide emitted by fossil fuel burning.

References:

Fan, S. . . . P. Tans. 1998. A large terrestrial carbon sink in North America implied by atmospheric and oceanic carbon dioxide data and models. Science 282(Oct. 16):442.

Phillips, O.L., Y. Malhi, et al. 1998. Changes in the carbon balance of tropical forests: Evidence from long-term plots. Science 282(Oct. 16):439.

Sources:

Yadvinder Malhi
University of Edinburgh
Institute of Ecology and Resource Management
Edinburgh EH9 3JU
United Kingdom

Pieter P. Tans
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Climate Modeling and Diagnostics Laboratory
2960 13th Street
Boulder, CO 80304

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 21, November 21, 1998, p. 332. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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