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Impact of changes in diffuse radiation on the global land carbon sink [1]

More radiation generally increases vegetation photosynthesis, but field studies show that a given amount of diffuse radiation leads to more fixed carbon than direct radiation.

Publication Date: 
23/04/2009
Lina M. Mercado [2], Nicolas Bellouin [3], Stephen Sitch & et al [4]
Nature [5]
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Tags:
Forests [6], Climate Change [7], Climate Science [8], Aerosols [9], Carbon Sinks [10], Radiation [11]

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