Where is the missing atmospheric carbon dioxide?
Posted on July 24th, 2009 Submitted by CarbonMaven Categorized as Interdisciplinary Tagged as carbon sink, CO2, mitigation 3 About 25 to 35% of the carbon dioxide released to the atmosphere is missing according to the 2007 IPCC Report. Understanding the mechanisms that are removing this missing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere will improve predictions of future carbon dioxide levels, estimates of future global warming, and be useful for evaluation atmospheric carbon dioxide mitigation strategies. The search for the “missing sink” has been going on for decades. Broecker et al. (1979) identified this problem. A paper written by Tans et al. (1990) launched a major research effort to find the missing sink. After three decades of research, scientists still do not have a full understanding of the “missing sink.” This is the most important question facing Earth System researchers at present. References Broecker, WS, T. Takahashi, HJ Simpson & TH Peng. 1979. “Fate of Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxi
Posted on July 24th, 2009 Submitted by CarbonMaven Categorized as Interdisciplinary Tagged as carbon sink, CO2, mitigation 3 How to Vote: You need to log in or register in order to vote. About 25 to 35% of the carbon dioxide released to the atmosphere is missing according to the 2007 IPCC Report. Understanding the mechanisms that are removing this missing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere will improve predictions of future carbon dioxide levels, estimates of future global warming, and be useful for evaluation atmospheric carbon dioxide mitigation strategies. The search for the “missing sink” has been going on for decades. Broecker et al. (1979) identified this problem. A paper written by Tans et al. (1990) launched a major research effort to find the missing sink. After three decades of research, scientists still do not have a full understanding of the “missing sink.” This is the most important question facing Earth System researchers at present. References Broecker, WS, T. Takahashi,
