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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-2711-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-2711-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Ocean carbon uptake under aggressive emission mitigation
Sean M. Ridge
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York City, NY, United States
Galen A. McKinley
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York City, NY, United States
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Approximately 40 % of the CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion and cement production have been absorbed by the ocean. The goal of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement is to reduce humanity's emissions so as to limit global warming to no more than 2 °C, and ideally less than 1.5 °C. If we achieve this level of mitigation, the ocean's uptake of carbon will be strongly reduced. Excess carbon trapped in the near-surface ocean will begin to mix back to the surface and will limit additional uptake.
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