Net carbon uptake has kept pace with increasing fossil-fuel emissions
In: Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 0028-0836; e-ISSN 1476-4687, more
Related to:van Marle, M.J.E.; van Wees, D.; Houghton, R.A.; Field, R.D.; Verbesselt, J.; van der Werf, G.R. (2022). New land-use-change emissions indicate a declining CO 2 airborne fraction. Nature (Lond.) 603(7901): 450–454. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04376-4, more
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- van der Werf, G.R.
- van Wees, D.
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| Abstract |
Roughly half of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions remain in the atmosphere, but whether this airborne fraction is changing has been unclear, partly because the emissions from deforestation are uncertain. We used proxy data on deforestation emissions over the past six decades to show that the airborne fraction has decreased. |
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