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Science 12 June 1998:
Vol. 280. no. 5370, p. 1683
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5370.1683
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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH:
Research Limelight Falls on Carbon Cycle

Andrew Lawler

At last year's Kyoto summit, politicians proposed a carbon-release accounting system to encourage nations to reduce emissions of this greenhouse gas. Such a system would require accurate measurements of the carbon being released and ways to verify the totals. But scientists are far from ready to provide detailed and accurate information--much less verification--on the sources and sinks of carbon emissions.

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