Carbon Sinks Have Generally Matched the Addition of Carbon Dioxide

question 16

Multiple Choice

Carbon sinks have generally matched the addition of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere until ________.

• A) the end of the last ice age,approximately 16,000 years ago
• B) the Little Ice Age,approximately 400 years ago
• C) the onset of intensive industry and fossil fuel burning by humans,around the year 1850
• D) the Eocene Epoch,approximately 50 million years ago

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