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Recent increase in oceanic carbon uptake driven by weaker upper-ocean overturning

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  • Tim DeVries

    (University of California
    Earth Research Institute, University of California)

  • Mark Holzer

    (School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales
    Columbia University)

  • Francois Primeau

    (University of California)

Abstract

Modelling of ocean carbon uptake for the 1980s to the 2000s shows that stronger upper-ocean overturning caused less carbon to be absorbed by the oceans in the 1990s, but that as the overturning circulation weakens more carbon is now being absorbed.

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  • Tim DeVries & Mark Holzer & Francois Primeau, 2017. "Recent increase in oceanic carbon uptake driven by weaker upper-ocean overturning," Nature, Nature, vol. 542(7640), pages 215-218, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:542:y:2017:i:7640:d:10.1038_nature21068
    DOI: 10.1038/nature21068
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