Science. 1980 Oct 17;210(4467):321-3. doi: 10.1126/science.210.4467.321.
Documentation of settlement patterns and deforestation in the southeastern United States allows evaluation of regional carbon dynamics since A.D. 1750. From 1750 to 1950, the Southeast was a net source for carbon at an average rate of 0.13 gigaton per year. Only in the past 20 to 30 years has increased productivity of commercial forests resulted in a sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide of 0.07 gigaton per year.
东南地区有关人口定居模式和森林砍伐的记录,使我们得以评估公元 1750 年以来该地区的碳动态。从 1750 年到 1950 年,东南地区以每年 0.13 千兆吨的平均速率成为碳的净源。只是在过去 20 到 30 年,商业林生产力的提高才使得该地区每年吸收 0.07 千兆吨的大气二氧化碳,成为碳汇。