UID:
edoccha_9958068199602883
Format:
xiv, 95 pages :
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illustrations (some color), color maps. ;
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26 cm.
ISBN:
1-282-96654-5
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9786612966545
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0-8213-8622-0
Series Statement:
World Bank study
Content:
The Amazon basin is a key component of the global carbon cycle. Not only is the old-growth rainforests in the basin huge carbon storage with about 120 billion metric tons of carbon in their biomass, but they also process annually twice the rate of global anthropogenic fossil fuel emissions through respiration and photosynthesis. In addition, the basin is the largest global repository of biodiversity and produces about 20 percent of the world's flow of fresh water into the oceans.Despite the large CO2 efflux from recent deforestation, the Amazon rainforest is still considered to be a net carbon
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Modeling Future Climate in the Amazon Using the Earth Simulator; 3. Assessment of Future Rainfall over the Amazon Basin; 4. Analysis of Amazon Forest Response to Climate Change; 5. Interplay of Climate Impacts and Deforestation in the Amazon; 6. Conclusions; Appendixes; References; Back Cover
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-8621-2
Language:
English
