Climate Change

A role for atmospheric CO2 in preindustrial climate forcing

Complementary to measurements in Antarctic ice cores, stomatal frequency analysis of leaves of land plants preserved in peat and lake deposits can provide a proxy record of preindustrial atmospheric CO2 concentration.

Publication Date: 
14/10/2008
Thomas B. van Hoof, Friederike Wagner-Cremer, Wolfram M. Ku rschner & et al
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
105
41
15815
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Climate Science, Flora, Netherlands