The possible global budget of carbon dioxide
Abstract
The possibility of fixation of excess atmospheric carbon (without its subsequent oxidation) by ocean phytoplankton is considered. This can result in an additional amount of carbon absorbed by the ocean equal to the amount of carbon ejected to the atmosphere at the expense of forest cutting. With the indicated mechanism in action, the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide should not exceed the preindustrial level by more than 40%.
- Publication:
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Nuovo Cimento C Geophysics Space Physics C
- Pub Date:
- April 1982
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF02509011
- Bibcode:
- 1982NCimC...5..209G
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Composition;
- Carbon Cycle;
- Carbon Dioxide Concentration;
- Marine Chemistry;
- Biomass;
- Carbon Isotopes;
- Forests;
- Fuel Combustion;
- Phytoplankton;
- Plankton