Increase in observed net carbon dioxide uptake by land and oceans during the past 50 years

A. P. Ballantyne (), C. B. Alden, Jeffrey Miller (), P. P. Tans and J. W. C. White
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A. P. Ballantyne: University of Colorado
C. B. Alden: Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado
P. P. Tans: Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
J. W. C. White: University of Colorado

Nature, 2012, vol. 488, issue 7409, 70-72

Abstract: A comprehensive carbon dioxide mass balance analysis shows that net global carbon uptake has increased by about 0.05 billion tonnes per year over the past 50 years and that in that time the global carbon uptake has almost doubled, making it unlikely that land and ocean carbon sinks have decreased on a global scale.

Date: 2012
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