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Carbon Dioxide in Arctic and Antarctic Seas

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FOR many years past, Prof. K. Buch of the Åbo Akademi, Finland, has been leading the research on the distribution of carbon dioxide in the sea and its interchange between sea and atmosphere, and lately by a survey of the surface waters of the North Atlantic Ocean1 he gives a very clear demonstration of the value of his methods.

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  1. Buch, K., "Beobachtungen über chemische Faktoren in der Nordsee, zwischen Nordsee und Island sowie auf dem Schelfgebiete nördlich von Island", Conseil perm. intern. pour l'exploration de la mer. Rapp. et proc. verbaux, 89, III, 13–31 (1934); "Beobachtungen über das Kohlensäuregleichgewicht zwischen Atmosphäre und Meer im Nordatlantischen Ozean", Acta Acad. Aboensis, Math. et Phys., 11, 9, Åbo, Finland (1939); "Kohlensäure in Atmosphäre und Meer an der Grenze zum Arktikum", Acta Acad. Aboensis, Math, et Phys., 11, 12, Åbo, Finland (1939).

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  2. Buch, K., Harvey, W. H., Wattenberg, H., and Gripenberg, S., "Über das Kohlensäuresystem im Meerwasser", Conseil perm. intern. pour l'exploration de la mer. Rapp. et proc. verbaux, 79 (1932); "On Boric Acid in the Sea and its Influence on the Carbonic Acid Equilibrium", Conseil perm., etc. Rapp. et proc. verbaux, 85 (1933).

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  5. Buch gives the reference: Lundegårdh, Henrik, "Der Kreislauf der Kohlensäure in der Natur", Jena, pp. 37–38 (1924).

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DEACON, G. Carbon Dioxide in Arctic and Antarctic Seas. Nature 145, 250–252 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145250a0

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