Global Biogeochemical Cycles in the Climate System
Contributors: Ian Colin Prentice (Editor); David S. Schimel (Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: July 9, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780126312607
Subjects: Biogeography; Climatology; Environmental chemistry; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Oceanography; Atmospheric chemistry; Environmental Science; Science; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Earth Sciences - Geology; Biogeochemical cycles; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Science / Oceanography; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Climatic changes
First sentence: In the past few years, application of improved measurements and models suggests a robust partitioning of CO emissions from fossil fuel consumption and the land use: about one-third remains in the atmosphere, one-third is reassimilated by land surfaces, and one-third is absorbed by the oceans (Keeling et al., 1996).