U.S. Carbon Sources and Sinks from 1991 to 2000 and 2001 to 2010

Figure 15.6

This figure appears in chapter 15 of the Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment report.

http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/sectors/biogeochemical-cycles/graphics/us-carbon-sources-and-sinks-1991-2000-and-2001-2010

Changes in CO₂ emissions and land-based sinks in two recent decades, showing among-year variation (vertical lines: minimum and maximum estimates among years; boxes: 25^th and 75^th quartiles; horizontal line: median). Total CO₂ emissions, as well as total CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels, have risen; land-based carbon sinks have increased slightly, but at a much slower pace. (Data from EPA 20124aa93bb8-c0d0-4735-83c2-988b43ae88f0 and CCSP 2007d980c73d-d2ba-47cb-b6d7-03e0c30f2ed9).

When citing this figure, please reference EPA 2012 and CCSP 20074aa93bb8-c0d0-4735-83c2-988b43ae88f0 d980c73d-d2ba-47cb-b6d7-03e0c30f2ed9.

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References :

• Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990 – 2010 (4aa93bb8)
• SAP 2.2. The North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle (d980c73d)

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