Greenhouse gas 'bookkeeping' turned on its head Washington DC (SPX) Mar 10, 2016 - For the first time scientists have looked at the net balance of the three major greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide - for every region of Earth's landmasses. They found surprisingly, that human-induced emissions of methane and nitrous oxide from ecosystems overwhelmingly surpass the ability of the land to soak up carbon dioxide emissions, which makes the terrestrial bio ... more

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