Net carbon emissions from African biosphere dominate pan-tropical atmospheric CO2 signal

Net carbon emissions from African biosphere dominate pan-tropical atmospheric CO2 signal

Tropical land ecosystems contain vast carbon reservoirs, but their influence on atmospheric CO2 is poorly understood. Here the authors use new carbon-observing satellites to reveal a large emission source over northern tropical Africa, where there are large soil carbon stores and substantial land us...

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Main Authors: Paul I. Palmer, Liang Feng, David Baker, Frédéric Chevallier, Hartmut Bösch, Peter Somkuti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11097-w
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spelling doaj-c18bd4adbdf3439b84eb069cab54a10d2021-05-11T12:10:02ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232019-08-011011910.1038/s41467-019-11097-wNet carbon emissions from African biosphere dominate pan-tropical atmospheric CO2 signalPaul I. Palmer0Liang Feng1David Baker2Frédéric Chevallier3Hartmut Bösch4Peter Somkuti5School of GeoSciences, University of EdinburghSchool of GeoSciences, University of EdinburghCooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State UniversityLaboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-SaclayDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of LeicesterDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of LeicesterTropical land ecosystems contain vast carbon reservoirs, but their influence on atmospheric CO2 is poorly understood. Here the authors use new carbon-observing satellites to reveal a large emission source over northern tropical Africa, where there are large soil carbon stores and substantial land use changes.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11097-w
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title Net carbon emissions from African biosphere dominate pan-tropical atmospheric CO2 signal
title_short Net carbon emissions from African biosphere dominate pan-tropical atmospheric CO2 signal
title_full Net carbon emissions from African biosphere dominate pan-tropical atmospheric CO2 signal
title_fullStr Net carbon emissions from African biosphere dominate pan-tropical atmospheric CO2 signal
title_full_unstemmed Net carbon emissions from African biosphere dominate pan-tropical atmospheric CO2 signal
title_sort net carbon emissions from african biosphere dominate pan-tropical atmospheric co2 signal
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description Tropical land ecosystems contain vast carbon reservoirs, but their influence on atmospheric CO2 is poorly understood. Here the authors use new carbon-observing satellites to reveal a large emission source over northern tropical Africa, where there are large soil carbon stores and substantial land use changes.
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