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Studying rivers for clues to global carbon cycle

02-08-2008 · EurekAlert!

In the science world, media and our daily lives, the debate continues over how carbon in the atmosphere is affecting global climate change. In a study of how organic carbon is processed in rivers, a research team including an engineer, ecologists and microbiologists has determined that carbon processing in rivers is a bigger component of global carbon cycling than previously thought. The team lays out a framework for how scientists should go about assessing those processes.

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