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Engineering of Mississippi River has kept carbon out of atmosphere, study says – Science Daily
Geoscientists show that human efforts to tame the Mississippi River may have had an unintended positive effect: more rapid transport of carbon to the ocean.
A new study co-authored by a Tulane University geoscientist shows that human efforts to tame the Mississippi River may have had an unintended positive effect: more rapid transport of carbon to the ocean.The paper, published in AGU Advances, describes the work of a team of researchers who set out to learn more about the fate of organic carbon that is transported in large quantities by the Mississippi River. Organic carbon is mainly derived from plant remains, soils, and rocks, throughout the drainage…
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