The carbon budget of the northern cryosphere region

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 231-236

  McGuire, A David ^a   Macdonald, Robie W ^b   Schuur, Edward A G ^c   Harden, Jennifer W ^d   Kuhry, Peter ^e   Hayes, Daniel J ^a   Christensen, Torben R ^f   Heimann, Martin ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CRYOSPHERE; DISTURBANCE; FIRE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LAKE; METHANE; PERMAFROST; SEA ICE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WARMING; WETLAND;

EID: 77957654641     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.05.003     Document Type: Review

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