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An estimate of the climate change significance of the decline in the Northern Hemisphere's uptake of carbon dioxide in biomass
Author(s) -
Curran James C.,
Curran Samuel A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
weather
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.467
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1477-8696
pISSN - 0043-1656
DOI - 10.1002/wea.2762
Subject(s) - biosphere , northern hemisphere , carbon dioxide , environmental science , carbon dioxide in earth's atmosphere , atmosphere (unit) , atmospheric sciences , climate change , climatology , biomass (ecology) , southern hemisphere , biomass burning , carbon fibers , geography , ecology , meteorology , geology , biology , aerosol , materials science , composite number , composite material
The declining ability of the Northern Hemisphere biosphere to sequester carbon from the atmosphere is shown to be having an impact on the current rate of increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations equivalent to adding the annual man‐made emissions from China. If this trend continues, then global emissions will have to decline even faster than previously thought.