UW News
Jeffrey Richey
May 20, 2013
Amazon River exhales virtually all carbon taken up by rain forest
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A study published this week in Nature Geoscience shows that woody plant matter is almost completely digested by bacteria living in the Amazon River, and that this tough stuff plays a major part in fueling the river’s breath.
July 29, 2005
Amazon source of 5-year-old river breath
The rivers of South America’s Amazon basin are “breathing” far harde — cycling the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide more quickly — than anyone realized.
April 10, 2002
Tropical streams, rivers ‘exhaling’ millions of tons more CO2 than thought
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