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A piece in the CO2 jigsaw

A study of the year-to-year variation in net CO2 uptake by the oceans helps in assessing the mechanisms of global climate change.

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Bakker, D., Watson, A. A piece in the CO2 jigsaw. Nature 410, 765–766 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35071216

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