Four-box carbon cycle model: atmosphere, land biosphere, ocean surface and deep ocean exchange carbon according to pre-industrial steady-state fluxes. Anthropogenic emissions perturb the system—watch atmospheric CO₂ rise, ocean pH drop and land and ocean sinks partially absorb the excess. Permafrost methane and biological pump feedbacks are also modelled.

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UK
CO₂280 ppm
ΔPCO₂+0 ppm
Ocean pH8.20
ΔpH+0.00
Atm stock596 GtC
Ocean uptake0.0 GtC/yr
Land uptake0.0 GtC/yr
Year1850

PRE-INDUSTRIAL
Emissions (GtC/yr) 0 GtC/yr
Deforestation (GtC/yr) 0 GtC/yr
Sim Speed