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2006, Oceanography 19(2):52–59, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2006.64
Climate Change, Oceans, and Human Health
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Authors
Jonathan A. Patz | Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Sarah H. Olson | Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Amber L. Gray | University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
First Paragraph
Current climate changes are largely associated with the accumulation of anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere. Fossil-fuel burning, which currently releases about 7 billion tonnes of carbon to the atmosphere each year, contributes roughly 70 percent of the anthropogenic CO2 emissions, while much of the rest is attributed to deforestation (Raven and Falkowski, 1999). Only about half of the anthropogenic CO2 released to the atmosphere is absorbed by the oceans and continental vegetation. As a result, atmospheric CO2 concentrations have increased by roughly 100 ppmv (parts per million by volume) during the last two centuries.
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Citation
Patz, J.A., S.H. Olson, and A.L. Gray. 2006. Climate change, oceans, and human health. Oceanography 19(2):52–59, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2006.64.