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Suess effect

The Suess effect is a change in the ratio of the atmospheric concentrations of heavy isotopes of carbon (C and C) by the of large amounts of fossil-fuel derived CO2, which contains no CO2 and is depleted in CO2 relative to CO2 in the atmosphere and carbon in the upper ocean and the terrestrial biosphere.

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