C. C. Delwiche

Current knowledge of the world carbon budget is reviewed with special emphasis on the question of whether the biota is a source or a sink for CO/sub 2/. The analysis shows through convergent lines of evidence that the biota is not a sink and may be a source of CO/sub 2/ as large or larger than the fossil fuel source. The issue is important because of the potential that changes in the CO/sub 2/ content of air have for changing climate worldwide. Various analyses suggest that human activities in the near future could release large additional amounts of CO/sub 2/ into the atmosphere with results that are substantially unpredictable.

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTNitrogen isotope fractionation in soils and microbial reactionsConstant C. Delwiche and Pieter L. SteynCite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 1970, 4, 11, 929–935Publication Date (Print):November 1, 1970Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 November 1970https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es60046a004https://doi.org/10.1021/es60046a004research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views2219Altmetric-Citations386LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts