Sentence examples for been a net source from inspiring English sources

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.

In contrast to the oceanic CO2 sink, the terrestrial biosphere has been a net source of CO2 to the atmosphere of about 11 to 67 PgC, because CO2 emissions from land-use change (100 to 180 PgC) overwhelm the CO2 uptake of the terrestrial biosphere (61 to 141 PgC) (Sabine et al. [2004]).

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].

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?

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.

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.

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).