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NATURE
Volume 504, Issue 7478, Pages 61-70Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/nature12857
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- National Science Foundation
- NASA Interdisciplinary Research in Earth Science program NOAA
- Georgia Sea Grant
- European Union
- government of the Brussels-Capital Region
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Ocean Sciences [1238212] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Ocean Sciences [0961860, 1237140] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The carbon cycle of the coastal ocean is a dynamic component of the global carbon budget. But the diverse sources and sinks of carbon and their complex interactions in these waters remain poorly understood. Here we discuss the sources, exchanges and fates of carbon in the coastal ocean and how anthropogenic activities have altered the carbon cycle. Recent evidence suggests that the coastal ocean may have become a net sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide during post-industrial times. Continued human pressures in coastal zones will probably have an important impact on the future evolution of the coastal ocean's carbon budget.
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