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Table 2 Global carbon exchange between land, inland waters, ocean, and atmosphere since the industrial era

From: Perspective on the response of marine calcifiers to global warming and ocean acidification—Behavior of corals and foraminifera in a high CO2 world “hot house”

 

Pg C year−1

References

CO2 Consumption by chemical weathering of silicates in Himalayan River Basins

0.012

Manaka et al. (2015a, b)

CO2 Consumption by chemical weathering of carbonates in Himalayan River Basins

0.024

Global CO2 consumption by chemical weathering of silicates

0.132

Gaillardet et al. (1999); Manaka et al. (2015a, b)

Global CO2 consumption by chemical weathering of carbonates

0.149

CO2 release to the atmosphere by fossil fuel use and cement production

7.8

IPCC (2013)

CO2 release to the atmosphere by anthropogenic land Use change

1.1

Total terrestrial photosynthesis

123.0

Total terrestrial respiration

118.7

Net atmospheric CO2 uptake by terrestrial biosphere

4.3

Total soil carbon input from land to inland waters

1.9

Regnier et al. (2013)

Global riverine flux of carbon to the ocean

1.06

Li et al. (2017)

CO2 release from inland waters to the atmosphere

1.1

Regnier et al. (2013)