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The Global Carbon Cycle
THE MODERN CYCLE
Pools (1019 g C):
Atmosphere 0.07Land Plants 0.06Soil 0.15Ocean (DIC) 3.80 (largest near surface reservoir)
Organic Compounds 1560.00 (fossil fuels = 0.4)Sedimentary Rocks 6500.00 (carbonate)Total ~8000.00
Fluxes (1015 g C): …prior to the anthropocene
Atmospher i c Poo lUptake Release
Land 12045
Soil 075
Ocean 9090
Total 210 210
Human perturbations:Fossil Fuel Combustion Land-Use Change
The Global Carbon Cycle
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Informationhttp://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
Source: Graven et al. (2013) Science
Charles Keeling (1928-2005)
Ralph Keeling
Source: Graven et al. (2013) Science
Source: www.esrl.noaa.gov
General map of surface ocean currents
Source: http://www.seos-project.eu/modules/oceancurrents/oceancurrents-c03-p02.html
Source: http://www.grida.no/climate/vital/32.htm
Vertical movements of ocean water
Synthesis figure showing both surface and deep water patterns of ocean circulation
Source: http://oceanmotion.org/html/impact/conveyor.htm
World ocean heat content and thermosteric sea level change (0–2000 m), 1955–2010
Geophysical Research LettersVolume 39, Issue 10, L10603, 17 MAY 2012 DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051106http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2012GL051106/full#grl29030-fig-0001
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24.0 +/- 1.9 x 10(22) J (+/-2S.E.)
World ocean heat content and thermosteric sea level change (0–2000 m), 1955–2010
Geophysical Research LettersVolume 39, Issue 10, L10603, 17 MAY 2012 DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051106http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2012GL051106/full#grl29030-fig-0001
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Fun Facts for the top 2000m
Heat Content Increase: 24.0±1.9 x 1022 J (±2S.E.)0.39 W m-2 of ocean surface93% of the warming on Earth
