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That sinking feeling

The land and sea soak up much of the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere. But one set of simulations suggests that global warming could greatly impair this ability.

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Figure 1: Global warming and the results of carbon-uptake simulations. Uptake is the amount of carbon absorbed from the atmosphere by 'sinks' on land and in the oceans.

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Sarmiento, J. That sinking feeling. Nature 408, 155–156 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35041676

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