Exploring continental margin carbon fluxes on a global scale | Zendy

Liu K.K. | Zendy; Atkinson L. | Zendy; Chen C. T. A. | Zendy; Gao S. | Zendy; Hall J. | Zendy; MacDonald R. W. | Zendy; McManus L. Talaue | Zendy; Quiñones R. | Zendy

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Exploring continental margin carbon fluxes on a global scale

Author(s) -

Liu K.K.,

Atkinson L.,

Chen C. T. A.,

Gao S.,

Hall J.,

MacDonald R. W.,

McManus L. Talaue,

Quiñones R.

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

eos, transactions american geophysical union

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316

H-Index - 86

eISSN - 2324-9250

pISSN - 0096-3941

DOI - 10.1029/eo081i052p00641-01

Subject(s) - environmental science , sink (geography) , carbon flux , carbon sink , continental margin , flux (metallurgy) , oceanography , climate change , atmospheric sciences , carbon cycle , climatology , geography , geology , chemistry , ecology , ecosystem , biology , paleontology , tectonics , cartography , organic chemistry

How quickly anthropogenic CO 2 is being absorbed by the ocean remains one of the most critical and yet unanswered questions asked by climate researchers. Since the ocean is a major sink of anthropogenic CO 2 ,an accurate estimate of the present oceanic uptake rate of anthropogenic CO 2 is essential for reliable prediction of future atmospheric CO 2 . This number is difficult to pin down because the net airto‐sea CO 2 flux is a small difference (about 2 Pg C yr −1 , 1 Pg = 10 15 g) between two huge fluxes—namely, the uptake and the release of CO 2 at sea surface (each about 90 Pg C yr −1 ).

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