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The Human Component of the Global Carbon Cycle

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1 The Human Component of the Global Carbon Cycle
Global Greenhouse Gas Information System Workshop 15-16 October, 2008 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, USA Gregg Marland Environmental Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Tom Boden Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA Khrystyna Hamal Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine Matthias Jonas International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria

2 Anthropogenic C Emissions: Fossil Fuel
2007 Fossil Fuel: 8.5 Pg C [Total Anthrop.Emis.: = 10.0 Pg] 1850 1870 1890 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 2010 : 0.9% y-1 : 3.5% y-1 Updated from Raupach et al. 2007, PNAS; Canadell et al 2007, PNAS

3 Perturbation of Global Carbon Budget (1850-2006)
fossil fuel emissions 7.6 Source deforestation 1.5 CO2 flux (Pg C y-1) atmospheric CO2 4.1 Sink land 2.8 ocean 2.2 Time (y) Le Quéré, unpublished; Canadell et al. 2007, PNAS

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5 CO2 Emissions from the United States
                                                                                                                                                                      

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8 Cumulative fraction of total fossil-fuel emissions - 2005
number of country cumulative countries fraction USA China Russia India Japan Germany Canada UK Iran Mexico Ukraine Belarus Moldova

9 Sources of US anthropogenic CO2 emissions - 2006
Fossil fuel combustion Tg C Non-energy use of fossil fuels Iron and steel manufacture Cement production Gas flaring/venting/leakage Other industrial processes Total From US EPA, 2008


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