Lakes at high latitudes act as “reactors” or “chimneys” for carbon dioxide emission, Dirk Verheijen shows in his thesis defended at Umeå University, Sweden. Credit: Karl Heuchel Many lakes are found at high-latitudes in arctic areas. As they receive and process terrestrial organic carbon, these lakes link terrestrial and ...
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