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[News] Rivers Are Carbon Processors, Not Inert Pipelines


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Rivers Are Carbon Processors, Not Inert Pipelines

ScienceDaily (Dec. 2, 2008) — Microorganisms in rivers and streams play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle that has not previously been considered. Freshwater ecologist Dr. Tom Battin, of the University of Vienna, told a COST ESF Frontiers of Science conference in October that our understanding of how rivers and streams deal with organic carbon has changed radically.

 

Rivers Are Carbon Processors, Not Inert Pipelines

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