The carbon flux to the oceans is approximately 30.3 * 1012 kg/yr. The approximately steady-state mass of carbon in the oceans in 40*1012 kg. How long, on average, is carbon likely to remain in the atmosphere before cycling through another repository? How much longer or shorter is this than the residence tie of carbon in the atmosphere?

What will be an ideal response?




From Example 6.7, carbon dioxide only spends 0.133 years in the atmosphere.

Thus, CO2 spends nearly 10,000 times as long in the oceans compared to the atmosphere.

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