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  A question of a study regarding U.S. as a CO2 sink

  Dear Coby,

  First of all, thank you very much for a really great guide, it has helped me a lot (I think Gristmill web pages have had thousands of hits from Finland because of me alone)! There are still some denialists here in Finland, luckily only about 10 % of the population.

  However, while arguing about this subject, I saw this research:

  http://www.columbia.edu/cu/newrec/2407/tmpl/story.2.html

  "The mean atmospheric CO2 concentration on the East Coast has been observed to be lower than that over the Pacific coast. This means that more CO2 is taken up by land ecosystems over the United States than is released by industrial activities."

  I know this study is from 1998 and the methodology isn't of accurate nature, but what would be a good response if someone uses this study as an argument that U.S. is a net carbon sink?

  Best Greetings

  Tuukka Simonen
  Finland

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