Authors
Guido R Van der Werf, Douglas C Morton, Ruth S DeFries, Jos GJ Olivier, Prasad S Kasibhatla, Robert B Jackson, G James Collatz, James T Randerson
Publication date
2009/11
Journal
Nature geoscience
Volume
2
Issue
11
Pages
737-738
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK
Description
Deforestation is the second largest anthropogenic source of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, after fossil fuel combustion. Following a budget reanalysis, the contribution from deforestation is revised downwards, but tropical peatlands emerge as a notable carbon dioxide source.
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