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Reservoir surface area controls GHG emissions

Claim that reservoir surfaces act as sources of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere at the global scale.

Confidence
80%
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Evidence Quote

Reservoir surface areas act as global sources of greenhouse gases

Relationship

Surface area of artificial reservoirs causes GHG emissions from reservoir surfaces

Evidence

Global estimation study of greenhouse gas emissions from reservoir surfaces.

St. Louis, V. L. et al. (2000). Reservoir surfaces as sources of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere: A global estimate