The Oceanic Sink for Anthropogenic CO
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L. Sabine, Christopher; A. Feely, Richard; Gruber, Nicolas; M. Key, Robert; Lee, Kitack; L. Bullister, John; Wanninkhof, Rik; S. Wong, C.; W. R. Wallace, Douglas; Tilbrook, Bronte; J. Millero, Frank; Peng, Tsung-Hung; Kozyr, Alexander; Ono, Tsueno; F. Rios, Aida

doi:10.1126/science.1097403

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The Oceanic Sink for Anthropogenic CO 2

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Authors:

Christopher L. Sabine

Richard A. Feely

Nicolas Gruber

Abstract

Using inorganic carbon measurements from an international survey effort in the 1990s and a tracer-based separation technique, we estimate a global oceanic anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) sink for the period from 1800 to 1994 of 118 ± 19 petagrams of carbon. The oceanic sink accounts for ∼48% of...

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