Fires prime terrestrial organic carbon for riverine export to the global oceans
Black carbon is a recalcitrant and unique form of organic carbon formed from incomplete combustion. Here the authors use global sampling to reduce uncertainty in the flux of terrestrial black carbon to the oceans, predicting that 34% of black carbon produced by fires has an oceanic fate.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16576-z |