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

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  • A. P. Ballantyne

    (University of Colorado
    Present address: Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812, USA.)

  • C. B. Alden

    (Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado)

  • J. B. Miller

    (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado
    Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration)

  • P. P. Tans

    (Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration)

  • J. W. C. White

    (University of Colorado
    Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado)

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.

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  • A. P. Ballantyne & C. B. Alden & J. B. Miller & P. P. Tans & J. W. C. White, 2012. "Increase in observed net carbon dioxide uptake by land and oceans during the past 50 years," Nature, Nature, vol. 488(7409), pages 70-72, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:488:y:2012:i:7409:d:10.1038_nature11299
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11299
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