Global Carbon Cycle [was RE: Number of carbon atoms in the Earth's biomass]

From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Sun Jul 13 2003 - 07:08:20 MDT

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    I think Hal wrote...
    > >
    > > 99% of the biomass is in plants, not animals or
    > > microorganisms. 99% of the plant biomass is in land plants,
    > > not ocean plants.

    If you do a Google on "Global Carbon Cycle" you get a *lot*
    of references -- these look to be pretty good as starting points
    if one wants to study the problem:

    http://www.esd.ornl.gov/iab/iab2-2.htm
    http://www.whrc.org/science/carbon/carbon.htm
    http://www.gcrio.org/CONSEQUENCES/vol4no1/carbcycle.html

    I particularly like the quote from ORNL: "Research has uncovered more
    complexity than was previously appreciated. Researchers are unable to
    balance all the fluxes of the global carbon cycle over the period 1800 to
    the present, and different mathematical models give results that are
    difficult to reconcile."

    Robert

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