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Galen A. McKinley

Diagram showing the key interactions between reservoirs of the global carbon cycle.
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Mysteries of the Global Carbon Cycle

by David Crisp, Han Dolman, Toste Tanhua, Galen A. McKinley, Judith Hauck, Ana Bastos and Stephen Sitch 22 June 202221 July 2022

Less than half of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere to drive climate change. The rest is being removed by mysterious processes in the land, biosphere, and ocean.

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Managing the Carbon Cycle Requires Strong Science

by Galen A. McKinley, C. A. Carlson, A. Andrews, D. G. Brown, P. Romero-Lankao and G. Shrestha 25 November 20152 November 2021

For future climate change mitigation strategies to be effective, carbon cycle science must receive a major boost.

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