Open AccessOne Fifth of Los Angeles’s CO2 Rises from Lawns and Golf Courses
Author(s) -
Katherine Kornei
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2018eo112149
Subject(s) - lawn , carbon dioxide , carbon fibers , environmental science , geography , atmospheric sciences , physics , mathematics , botany , ecology , biology , algorithm , composite number
Measurements of carbon-14 show that roughly 20% of carbon dioxide emissions in the Los Angeles Basin are likely due to the decay of plants in managed landscapes.