Fate of Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide and the Global Carbon Budget Export

@article{citeulike:1479800, abstract = {The fate of fossil fuel carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere depends on the exchange rates of carbon between the atmosphere and three major carbon reservoirs, namely, the oceans, shallow-water sediments, and the terrestrial biosphere. Various assumptions and models used to estimate the global carbon budget for the last 20 years are reviewed and evaluated. Several versions of recent atmosphere-ocean models appear to give reliable and mutually consistent estimates for carbon dioxide uptake by the oceans. On the other hand, there is no compelling evidence which establishes that the terrestrial biomass has decreased at a rate comparable to that of fossil fuel combustion over the last two decades, as has been recently claimed. 10.1126/science.206.4417.409}, author = {Broecker, W. S. and Takahashi, T. and Simpson, H. J. and Peng}, citeulike-article-id = {1479800}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.206.4417.409}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/206/4417/409}, day = {26}, doi = {10.1126/science.206.4417.409}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {budget, carbon, dioxide, fossil, fuel, wally}, month = {October}, number = {4417}, pages = {409--418}, posted-at = {2007-07-25 04:05:55}, priority = {5}, title = {Fate of Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide and the Global Carbon Budget}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.206.4417.409}, volume = {206}, year = {1979} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1479800 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1479800 N2 - The fate of fossil fuel carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere depends on the exchange rates of carbon between the atmosphere and three major carbon reservoirs, namely, the oceans, shallow-water sediments, and the terrestrial biosphere. Various assumptions and models used to estimate the global carbon budget for the last 20 years are reviewed and evaluated. Several versions of recent atmosphere-ocean models appear to give reliable and mutually consistent estimates for carbon dioxide uptake by the oceans. On the other hand, there is no compelling evidence which establishes that the terrestrial biomass has decreased at a rate comparable to that of fossil fuel combustion over the last two decades, as has been recently claimed. 10.1126/science.206.4417.409 IS - 4417 JF - Science EP - 418 TI - Fate of Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide and the Global Carbon Budget VL - 206 SP - 409 KW - budget KW - carbon KW - dioxide KW - fossil KW - fuel KW - wally AU - Broecker, WS AU - Takahashi, T AU - Simpson, HJ AU - Peng PY - 1979/10/26/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.206.4417.409 ER -