The response of atmospheric CO sub 2 to changes in land use

• Main Authors: King, A. W., Emanuel, W. R., Post, W. M.
• Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Energy Research.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1990
• Subjects: Fuels; Chemical Reactions; Land Use; Mathematical Models; Oxides; Deforestation; Ecological Concentration; Chalcogenides; 200500 > Fossil-Fueled Power Plants > Environmental Aspects > (1990-); Biosphere; Carbon Cycle; Carbon Compounds; Chemistry; Fossil Fuels; Oxygen Compounds; Biomass; Oxidation; Carbon Oxides; 20 Fossil-Fueled Power Plants; Biogeochemistry; Combustion; Energy Sources; Carbon Dioxide; Environmental Impacts; Thermochemical Processes 540120* > Environment; Atmospheric > Chemicals Monitoring & Transport > (1990-); Geochemistry; 54 Environmental Sciences; Renewable Energy Sources; Environment; Uptake; ice core
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1187253/

The burning of biomass that often accompanies deforestation and other changes in land use is believed to be a major contributor to documented increases in the concentration of atmospheric CO{sub 2}. Using three models of carbon turnover in the atmosphere and ocean, we simulate changes in atmospheric CO{sub 2} that result from the addition of CO{sub 2} from industrial sources and terrestrial ecosystems disturbed by changes in land use. We simulate atmospheric response to different histories of terrestrial biospheric CO{sub 2} release, and we compare these simulations with the history of atmospheric CO{sub 2} obtained from ice core measurements and atmospheric monitoring stations. 63 refs., 12 figs., 1 tab.