The Human Impacts Database

A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.

This quantity comes from a time series measurement and the most recent value (2018) is reported.


Value:		(2.2 ± 0.4) × 10¹³ kg CO₂ / yr see this value in other units This is equivalent to... (6.1 ± 1.0) × 10¹² kg C / yr (22 ± 4) Pg CO₂ / yr (6.1 ± 1.0) Pg C / yr
HuID:		52670
Relevant Year(s):		2018
Summary:		The net natural sink of carbon dioxide (CO₂) is computed as the sum of the ocean and land natural sinks. The value reported is for 2018.
Method:		The uncertainty value represents one standard deviation. It is obtained from the uncertainty of the land CO₂ sink and the oceanic CO₂ uptake, assuming uncorrelated errors as in the original publication.
Source:		Friedlingstein, P., Jones, M. W., O'Sullivan, M. et al. Global Carbon Budget 2019. Earth System Science Data (2019)
Dataset:		Global carbon budget by year (global_carbon_budget_processed.csv) global resolution
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Original Data License:		CC-BY 4.0
Added By:		ilopezgo