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A dent in carbon's gold standard

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The global uptake of carbon by land plants may be greater than previously thought, according to observations based on the enigmatic Keeling curve of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide. See Letter p.579

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Figure 1: Atmospheric CO2 concentrations and isotope composition measured at Mauna Loa, Hawaii.

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