A review of the contemporary global carbon cycle and as seen a century ago by Arrhenius and Hogbom

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Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-24

  Heimann, Martin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE INCREASE; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE;

ARRHENIUS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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68. I would like to thank C.D. Keeling and R. F. Keeling for a long-term collaboration and many stimulating discussions on the topics addressed here.