TROPICAL RAINFORESTS: Disappearing Opportunities
Global Carbon Emissions Breakdown
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billions of tons |
% emissions |
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| Global Emissions: |
6.5 - 7.5 |
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fossil fuels: |
5.5 - 6.0 | 73-92% | |
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biomass |
1.0 - 1.5 | 13-23% | |
| Global Absorption: |
6.5 - 7.0 |
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remains in atmosphere: |
3.5 |
47-54% |
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absorbed by oceans: |
1.7 |
23-26% |
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absorbed by vegetation: |
1.3 - 1.8 |
17-28% |
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tropical vegetation |
0.65 - 0.9 | 8.7%-13.8% | |
|
temperate vegetation |
0.65 - 0.9 | 8.7%-13.8% |
Data based on studies by the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA), a project studying the climatological, ecological, biochemical, and hydrological functions of Amazonia. Courtesy of the Brazilian National Space Research Institute (INPE)
Continued: Extinction