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Riverine carbon dioxide release

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Inland waters are increasingly recognized as important to the global carbon cycle. Detailed measurements in the United States suggest that significant amounts of carbon dioxide are released from streams and rivers, particularly the smaller ones.

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Figure 1: Riverine release.

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  1. John Melack is at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA,

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Melack, J. Riverine carbon dioxide release. Nature Geosci 4, 821–822 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1333

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