Major North American Carbon Dioxide Sources and Sinks

Figure 15.1

This figure appears in chapter 15 of the Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment report.

http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/highlights/report-findings/ecosystems-and-biodiversity/graphics/major-north-american-carbon-dioxide

The release of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning in North America (shown here for 2010) vastly exceeds the amount that is taken up and temporarily stored in forests, crops, and other ecosystems (shown here is the annual average for 2000-2006). (Figure source: King et al. 2012b130f588-b962-4133-9aa9-46f1f8c8ffdb).

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This figure was derived from North American carbon dioxide sources and sinks: magnitude, attribution, and uncertainty .

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