LiveScience: Rivers may be a significant source of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide, scientists now find.
Their calculation suggests that across the globe the waterways contribute three times the amount of nitrous oxide to the atmosphere as had been estimated by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations scientific body charged with reviewing climate change research.
They found that the amount of nitrous oxide produced in streams is related to human activities that release nitrogen......
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Global Rivers Release Huge Amounts of Potent Greenhouse Gas
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on December 21st, 2010
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