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SUBMITTER: Zeng S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6917807 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20191217 1
The response of carbonate weathering carbon-sink flux (CCSF) to its environmental drivers is still not well understood on the global scale. This hinders understanding of the terrestrial carbon cycle. Here, we show that there is likely to be a widespread and consistent increase in the global CCSF (ranging from + 9.8% (RCP4.5) to + 17.1% (RCP8.5)) over the period 1950-2100. In the coming years the increasing temperature might be expected to have a negative impact on carbonate weathering. However, ...[more]