Atmospheric Input of Carbon Dioxide from Burning Wood
- 14 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 200 (4338) , 197-200
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.200.4338.197
Abstract
The atmospheric input of carbon dioxide from burning wood, in particular from forest fires in boreal and temperate regions resulting from both natural and man-made causes and predominantly from forest fires in tropical regions caused by shifting cultivation, is estimated to be 5.7 x 1015 grams of carbon per year as gross input and 1.5 x 1015 grams of carbon per year as net input. This is a significant amount as compared to the fossil fuel carbon dioxide produced from the utilization of oil, gas, coal, and limestone, and bears on the hypothesis of the enhanced sedimentation of marine detritus as a removal mechanism of excess atmospheric carbon dioxide.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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