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Everything but the Carbon Sink: Carbon Storage in the Southern United States

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The scientists in this study were interested in environmental changes occuring in the Southern United States. The scientists were interested in changes occuring over a long time. In particular, the scientists were interested in understanding how increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide, increasing ozone, increasing nitrogen on Earth, climate change, and changes in land use affect the carbon cycle of the Southern United States.

Welcome to the Southern United States Climate Change Edition of Natural IQ

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• A Student's Guide to Global Climate Change by the U.S. Environmental Protection

  For more information visit http://www.epa.gov/climatestudents/

• An Article about Fossil Fuels and the Nitrogen Cycle

  For more information visit http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0604-hance_nitrogen.html

• Climate Kids: NASA's Eyes on the Earth

  For more information visit http://climatekids.nasa.gov/

• NOAA Climate Change for Students

  For more information visit http://www.education.noaa.gov/Climate/

• Pachamama: Our Earth--Our Future

  For more information visit http://www.grida.no/publications/other/geo2000/pacha/

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Ozone Web site

  For more information visit http://www.epa.gov/glo/