Articles | Volume 19, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-2627-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-2627-2022
Research article
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25 May 2022
Research article |  | 25 May 2022

Data-based estimates of interannual sea–air CO2 flux variations 1957–2020 and their relation to environmental drivers

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The ocean is an important part of the global carbon cycle, taking up about a quarter of the anthropogenic CO2 emitted by burning of fossil fuels and thus slowing down climate change. However, the CO2 uptake by the ocean is, in turn, affected by variability and trends in climate. Here we use carbon measurements in the surface ocean to quantify the response of the oceanic CO2 exchange to environmental conditions and discuss possible mechanisms underlying this response.
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