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Nature 446, 727-728 (12 April 2007) | doi:10.1038/446727a; Published online 11 April 2007
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Climate change 2007: Spring-time for sinks
Dave Reay1, Christopher Sabine2, Pete Smith3 & Graham Hymus4
- Dave Reay is at the School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JN, UK
Email: David.Reay@ed.ac.uk - Christopher Sabine is at the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
- Pete Smith is at the University of Aberdeen
- Graham Hymus is at Northern Arizona University.
Abstract
Carbon sinks play a key role in slowing the growth of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. These sinks are at risk as the world warms, but their demise is not inevitable, say Dave Reay and his colleagues.
Across the Northern Hemisphere spring is creeping northwards. On the trees the buds are bursting, their leaves unfolding to luxuriate in an atmosphere more enriched in carbon dioxide than at any time in the previous 650,000 years.
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