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Science 19 June 1981:
Vol. 212. no. 4501, pp. 1389 - 1391
DOI: 10.1126/science.212.4501.1389
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Soil as a Sink for Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide

The rate of carbon monoxide oxidation by soil increased with increasing carbon monoxide concentration in the gas phase, in line with Michaelis-Menten kinetics. Rates of carbon monoxide oxidation were determined for 20 soils at 0°, 10°, 20°, and 30°C. The observed oxidation rates were used to calculate a global soil uptake rate of atmospheric carbon monoxide of 4.1 x 1014 grams per year, which is slightly less than the amount of carbon monoxide believed to be produced annually as a result of fossil fuel combustion.

Submitted on December 2, 1980


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