Trends in the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide

• Published in: Nature geoscience Vol. 2; no. 12; pp. 831 - 836
• Main Authors: Le Quéré, Corinne, Raupach, Michael R., Canadell, Josep G., Marland, Gregg, Bopp, Laurent, Ciais, Philippe, Conway, Thomas J., Doney, Scott C., Feely, Richard A., Foster, Pru, Friedlingstein, Pierre, Gurney, Kevin, Houghton, Richard A., House, Joanna I., Huntingford, Chris, Levy, Peter E., Lomas, Mark R., Majkut, Joseph, Metzl, Nicolas, Ometto, Jean P., Peters, Glen P., Prentice, I. Colin, Randerson, James T., Running, Steven W., Sarmiento, Jorge L., Schuster, Ute, Sitch, Stephen, Takahashi, Taro, Viovy, Nicolas, van der Werf, Guido R., Woodward, F. Ian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.12.2009; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Atmosphere; CARBON DIOXIDE; Carbon dioxide emissions; CARBON SINKS; Climate change; CLIMATIC CHANGE; COAL; Continental interfaces, environment; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earth System Sciences; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; FOSSIL FUELS; Geochemistry; Geology; Geophysics/Geodesy; Global Changes; International trade; LAND USE; Oceans; progress-article; REDUCTION; Sciences of the Universe; Sinkholes; STABILIZATION

Efforts to control climate change require the stabilization of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. An assessment of the trends in sources and sinks of atmospheric carbon dioxide suggests that the sinks are not keeping up with the increase in carbon dioxide emissions, but uncertainties are sti...