Sentences with phrase «where vegetation carbon»

There are also regions where vegetation carbon declines, including parts of southern North America, much of central South America, the southern Mediterranean region, southwestern Africa, and southwestern Australia.

Not exact matches

«We were surprised that, no matter where we looked, roughly half of the carbon in river insects had originated from vegetation in the surrounding landscape rather than the river itself — in other words leaves falling or being blown into the river,» said lead author Dr Stephen Thomas, from Cardiff University's School of Biosciences.

Now if you were to strip the surface of the planet of it's vegetation in a massive wildfire, then watch the silicates, solid carbon, phosphates (Pot Ash) and iron oxides run off into the ocean where the phytoplankton can thrive on the added nutrients and be shaded under the light colored high altitude ash for a few years, now you are talking.

This vegetation stores vast amounts of carbon, keeping it out of the atmosphere where it can contribute to climate change.

Scientists are studying how the warming climate is effecting the vegetation on Greenland's tundra, where woody shrubs are replacing grasslands, which could change how much carbon dioxide is absorbed from the atmosphere.

For instance, where the local geology is up to 60 million years old, the vegetation retains about 25 % less carbon than the vegetation found on geologically younger, more fertile surfaces.