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Conduits of the carbon cycle

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Emissions of carbon dioxide from inland waters to the atmosphere are a crucial link in the global carbon cycle. A comprehensive analysis reveals that this connection is much stronger than was previously thought. See Article p.355

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Figure 1: Inland waters in the global carbon cycle.

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  1. Bernhard Wehrli is at the Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland, and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Kastanienbaum.,

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Wehrli, B. Conduits of the carbon cycle. Nature 503, 346–347 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/503346a

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