Wood versus fossil fuel as a source of excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: a preliminary report

Journal Article · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1977 · Science; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.196.4285.54· OSTI ID:7215431

Adams, J A.S. ^[1]; Mantovani, M S.M.; Lundell, L L

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1. Univ., Sao Paulo, Brazil

If the amounts of wood consumed in deforestation to increase agricultural land and as firewood in underindustrialized countries are added to the amount consumed by the money economies as forest products, the estimates of the net amount of wood removed from the biosphere in this century should be revised upward. The per capita ratio of the weight of carbon from net wood burned to the weight of carbon from fossil fuel burned in this century has been at least 0.1 and may have approached 1.0.

• OSTI ID: 7215431
• Journal Information: Science; (United States), Journal Name: Science; (United States) Vol. 196:4285; ISSN SCIEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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