Open AccessHydrology affects carbon storage potential of prairie potholes
Author(s) -
Balcerak Ernie
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2013eo240013
Subject(s) - environmental science , greenhouse gas , carbon dioxide , hydrology (agriculture) , global warming , soil carbon , climate change , nutrient , carbon sequestration , soil water , ecology , soil science , geology , oceanography , geotechnical engineering , biology
Prairie potholes, the small, dynamic, unconnected ponds that dot central Canada as well as parts of the north central United States, can store significant amounts of soil nutrients that can be transformed to carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Scientists would like to better understand how these regions could contribute to climate warming, but there are challenges, given the large heterogeneity in greenhouse gas emissions over the prairie pothole landscape.