A Modeling Perspective of Global Carbon Cycle Science: From a Missing Sink to Net Zero

Pierre Friedlingstein

doi:10.16993/tellus.4176

A Modeling Perspective of Global Carbon Cycle Science: From a Missing Sink to Net Zero

Tellus

Volume 79 (2026): Issue 1

By: Pierre Friedlingstein

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|Jun 2026

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