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2) Climate Change Mitigation Strategies Ignore Carbon Cycling Processes Of Inland Waters, Scientists Say

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3) ScienceDaily: Sep. 27, 2009

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7) Scientists have recently found that a critical player in carbon emissions and climate change has been unaccounted for in common carbon cycling models. In many carbon cycle models, inland waters such as streams, rivers, lakes, and wetlands are only static roadways that transfer carbon from continents to oceans. In reality, the outgassing of respired carbon from rivers contributes the equivalent of 13% of annual fossil fuel burning. These findings were not accounted for in the "Kyoto Protocol" and this may lead countries to decide on a new climate agreement in 2012. The solution to the carbon cyle model problem is a "Boundless Carbon Cycle" which shows carbon transfers between the land-freshwater boundary, the freshwater-atmosphere boundary, and regional boundaries within continents.

8) I find this article very interesting because not many people would think inland waters would have such a profound effect on the atmosphere due to the small amount of area it takes up on earth's surface. This new data will definitely move scientists and policy makers in the right direction when it comes to protecting the environment and it's atmosphere.

9) Kyoto Protocol: an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.