The O2 Balance of the Atmosphere: A Tool for Studying the Fate of Fossil-Fuel CO2

Carbon dioxide is a radiatively active gas whose atmospheric concentration increase is likely to affect Earth's climate. CO2 is added to the atmosphere by biomass burning and the combustion of fossil fuels. Some added CO2 remains in the atmosphere. However, substantial amounts are taken up by t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bender, M. L., Battle, M., Keeling, R.
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem 1998
Subjects:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Carbon Dioxide
CO2
O2
N2
global carbon cycle
Global
carbon
cycle
Station
Collection Date
Point Barrow, AK Delta
American Samoa Delta
Baring Head, New Zealand Delta
Cape Grim, Tasmania Delta
Syowa, Antarctica Delta
New Zealand
Grim
Antarc*
Antarctica
Point Barrow
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.15485/1464236
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1464236/
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Summary:Carbon dioxide is a radiatively active gas whose atmospheric concentration increase is likely to affect Earth's climate. CO2 is added to the atmosphere by biomass burning and the combustion of fossil fuels. Some added CO2 remains in the atmosphere. However, substantial amounts are taken up by the oceans and land biosphere, attenuating the atmospheric increase. Atmospheric O2 measurements provide one constraint for partitioning uptake rates between the ocean and the land biosphere. Here we review studies of atmospheric O2 concentration variations and discuss their implications for CO2 uptake by the ocean and the land biosphere.

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