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: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 2016
• Subjects: Physische Geographie und Landnutzungssysteme; ddc:910; Law Dome; ice core
• Online Access: https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/68532/1/bg-13-4877-2016.pdf; https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/68532/; http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-68532-6; https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4877-2016

The high-resolution CO2 record from Law Dome ice core reveals that atmospheric CO2 concentration stalled during the 1940s (so-called CO2 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 long...