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Global CO2 Consumption by Silicate Rock Chemical Weathering: Its Past and Future TEXT SIZE: A A A
Silicate rock weathering maintains a stable and long-term absorption of CO2. However, the magnitude, spatial pattern, and evolution characteristics of global silicate rock weathering carbon sink (SCS) remain unclear. To solve this problem, based on high-precision hydrometeorological data (1996-2017) and CMIP5 data (2041-2060), using the Celine model, we calculated the global silicate rock weathering carbon sink flux (SCSF) magnitude and spatio-temporal distribution for 1996-2017. We also predicted the SCSF under two future greenhouse gas emission scenarios (RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5). Then, we produced a spatial data set (0.5 x 0.5) of global SCSF from 1996 to 2017 and found that the global average annual SCSF was 1.67 t/km(2)/yr, and the SCS was 127.11 Tg/yr. In particular, Brazil's silicate rock contribution accounts for nearly a quarter of the global SCS (24.41%). Although the GEM-CO2 model is now widely used, the SCSF, without considering the temperature, may be overestimated by 5.4%, and the maximum contribution of temperature to it can reach 240 kg/km(2)/yr. Moreover, the global SCS is now showing a downward trend, but the global emission of greenhouse gases in the future (2041-2060) will continue to increase the carbon sink capacity (23.8%) due to temperature changes. In summary, we have produced a set of high-resolution spatiotemporal data of the past and the future. The above results fill up the large-scale data gap of SCSF and provide a scientific basis for quantitatively assessing the impact of climate change on SCS.
 

Publication name

 EARTH'S FUTURE Volume: 9 Issue: 5  Article Number: e2020EF001938 DOI: 10.1029/2020EF001938 Published: MAY 2021

Author(s)

 Zhang, Sirui; Bai, Xiaoyong; Zhao, Cuiwei; Tan, Qiu; Luo, Guangjie; Wang, Jinfeng; Li, Qin; Wu, Luhua; Chen, Fei; Li, Chaojun; Deng, Yuanhong; Yang, Yujie; Xi, Huipeng

Corresponding author(s) 

 BAI Xiaoyong
 baixiaoyong@vip.skleg.cn   
 -Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geochem, State Key Lab Environm Geochem, Guiyang, Peoples R China
 -CAS Ctr Excellence Quaternary Sci & Global Change, Xian, Shanxi, Peoples R China
 -Guizhou Educ Univ, Guizhou Prov Key Lab Geog State Monitoring Waters, Guiyang, Peoples R China

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