Land-use change possibly produces more carbon dioxide than assumed so far

Land-use change possibly produces more carbon dioxide than assumed so far Karlsruhe, Germany (SPX) Feb 01, 2017 - CO2 emissions caused by changes of land use may possibly be higher than assumed so far. This is the outcome of a study made by the team of Professor Almut Arneth of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The work presented in Nature Geoscience for the first time considers processes, such as slash-and-burn agriculture or different ways of managing forests and cropland. The results also impl ... more

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