Sentence examples for be a net source from inspiring English sources

While within-lake C fixation through aquatic gross primary production is considered to be a net source of C, the addition of terrestrially-sourced C into the system, which can be equal to or greater than autochthonous C [52], can potentially accumulate and result in long term C storage in lake sediments [53].

Poor countries, especially young ones, ought in theory to invest more than they save, and so be a net source of demand for richer, older ones, all the more so when the latter are in bad shape.In the rich world the danger is the reverse: politicians cutting back on the basis that growth is assured.

Soil scientists argue that soil erosion may be a net source of atmospheric CO2 with emission of 1 Gt C/year.

A positive charge is a net source of electric fields and a negative charge is a sink.

"So even if they were a net source of methane and a net source of warming over all, what do you do about that?

At the same time, however, the region has been a net source of atmospheric CH4, primarily because of the abundance of wetlands in the region.

If in fact the Amazon is a net source of carbon gas emissions, or if the amounts of gas emitted and sequestered are in a rough permanent equilibrium, some of the fundamental assumptions of the 1998 Kyoto Protocol on climate change may have to be reconsidered.

The results showed that the urban surface was a net source of CO2 in the atmosphere.

The pre-urban site was a net source of CO2 with positive fluxes throughout the day.

The question, if deadwood is a net source or sink of nutrients clearly depends on tree species and decomposition stage.

Forests in approximately 6% of combined counties were a net source of C to the atmosphere (Fig. 2).