Carbon flux response, Chapter 6 (IMAGE)

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Carbon flux response, Chapter 6

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From Chapter 6 of the Fifth National Climate Assessment, this figure illustrates how changes in land cover and use affect fluxes of carbon taken up on land or released to the atmosphere, with impacts on these fluxes lasting for decades to centuries.

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Fifth National Climate Assessment. ORNL, U.S. Department of Energy

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