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A comparison of the global warming effects of wood fuels and fossil fuels taking albedo into account
Description: Holtsmark (2014) recently quantified the global warming potential (GWP) of biogenic CO2 from slow-growing forests (GWPbio), finding it to be significantly higher than the GWP of fossil CO2 when a 100 year time horizon was applied. Hence, the climate impact seems to be even higher for the combustion of slow-growing biomass than for the combustion of fossil carbon in a 100 year timeframe. The present study extends the analysis of Holtsmark (2014). [Source: Global Change Biology Bioenergy]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12200
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Source: Global Change Biology Bioenergy
Publish Date: 9/1/2015
Reading Level: Expert
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