Comment on "Saturation of the Southern Ocean CO 2 Sink Due to Recent Climate Change"

We disagree with the conclusion of Le Quéré et al . (Reports, 22 June 2007, p. 1735) that poleward intensifying winds could continue to weaken the Southern Ocean sink in the future. We argue that altered winds, along with rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, will likely increase the efficiency of th...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Zickfeld, Kirsten, Fyfe, John C., Eby, Michael, Weaver, Andrew J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2008
Subjects:
Southern Ocean
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1146886
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1146886
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Summary:We disagree with the conclusion of Le Quéré et al . (Reports, 22 June 2007, p. 1735) that poleward intensifying winds could continue to weaken the Southern Ocean sink in the future. We argue that altered winds, along with rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, will likely increase the efficiency of this sink in the 21st century.

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