Lakes release an increasing amount of carbon dioxide in a warmer world
Lakes release an increasing amount of carbon dioxide in a warmer world
11.11.2015
A wet chimney. This is how many of the world’s approximately 117 million lakes work by releasing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere in large quantities. The world’s lakes, rivers and reservoirs release a quantity of carbon dioxide equal to one quarter of the total CO2 release from fossil fuels.
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