On the Congo River (IMAGE)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

On the Congo River

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The chemical signature of fire-derived "black carbon" found in the oceans is significantly different from that found in rivers, which had long been presumed to be the source of oceanic black carbon.

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Robert G.M. Spencer

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