Climate Models Disagree on Strength of Carbon Land Sink (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Climate Models Disagree on Strength of Carbon Land Sink

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Annual net ecosystem productivity, (NEP, in grams of carbon per square meter per year) across the study region as an average across the nine climate models. Standard error range is shown in gray. Annual NEP, which closely tracks the net CO2 sink, shows an increase through the first four decades, and remains relatively stable since 2000.

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