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Africa's greenhouse-gas budget is in the red

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Africa had been thought to be a potentially large carbon sink — of great value in efforts to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions. But an analysis now reveals that it could be a net source of greenhouse gases that will increase global warming.

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Figure 1: Flux tower at Dahra, Senegal.

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  1. Cheikh Mbow is at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), PO Box 30677, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.,

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Mbow, C. Africa's greenhouse-gas budget is in the red. Nature 508, 192–193 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/508192a

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