Re-evaluating the 1940s CO2 plateau

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Bastos, A., Ciais, P., Barichivich, J., Bopp, L., Brovkin, V., Gasser, T., Peng, S., Pongratz, J., Viovy, N., Trudinger, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Law Dome; ice core
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002B-9D7A-F; http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002B-9D7C-B; http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002B-9D7D-9

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...