The Global Carbon Cycle

This volume is based on recent controversial findings regarding the roles of ocean and land biota in the current global balance of atmospheric carbon dioxide. It reviews known constraints on the present global carbon cycle as identified by researchers in the fields of meteorology and geology.

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This volume is based on recent controversial findings regarding the relative roles of the ocean and land biota in the current global balance of atmospheric carbon dioxide. It reviews the multitude of known constraints on the present-day global carbon cycle as identified by research in the fields of meteorology, physical and biological oceanography, geology and terrestrial biosphere science. It is divided into three sections on emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel use, the role of the terrestrial biosphere, and the role of the ocean and the contemporary global carbon cycle.