Re-evaluating the 1940s CO2 plateau

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Bastos, Ana, Ciais, Philippe, Barichivich, Jonathan, Bopp, Laurent, Brovkin, Victor, Gasser, Thomas, Peng, Shushi, Pongratz, Julia, Viovy, Nicolas, Trudinger, Cathy M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Law Dome; ice core
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4877-2016; https://www.biogeosciences.net/13/4877/2016/

The high-resolution CO 2 record from Law Dome ice core reveals that atmospheric CO 2 concentration stalled during the 1940s (so-called CO 2 plateau). Since the fossil-fuel emissions did not decrease during the period, this stalling implies the persistence of a strong sink, perhaps sustained for as l...