Saturation of the southern ocean CO2 sink due to recent climate change

Science

Volumn 316, Issue 5832, 2007, Pages 1735-1738

  Le Quéré, Corinne ^a,b,c   Rödenbeck, Christian ^a   Buitenhuis, Erik T ^a,b   Conway, Thomas J ^d   Langenfelds, Ray ^e   Gomez, Antony ^f   Labuschagne, Casper ^g   Ramonet, Michel ^h   Nakazawa, Takakiyo ⁱ   Metzl, Nicolas ^j   Gillett, Nathan ^b   Heimann, Martin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^g SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^h INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

ⁱ TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HUMAN ACTIVITY; REDUCTION; SATURATION; WIND;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WIND;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 34250808945     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1136188     Document Type: Article

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