{"shapes": [{"geometry": {"y": 0.05037037037037037, "x": 0.952247191011236, "width": 0.03651685393258419, "height": 0.054814814814814816}, "type": "rect"}], "src": "http://images.sciencedaily.com/2014/01/140126134647-large.jpg", "context": "http://app.swtr.us/", "text": "Sensitivity of carbon cycle to tropical temperature variations has doubled\nDate:\nJanuary 26, 2014\nSource:\nUniversity of Exeter\nSummary:\nThe tropical carbon cycle has become twice as sensitive to temperature variations over the past 50 years, new research has revealed. The research shows that a one degree rise in tropical temperature leads to around two billion extra tons of carbon being released per year into the atmosphere from tropical ecosystems, compared with the same tropical warming in the 1960s and 1970s.\n"}