Riverine transport of terrestrial organic carbon to the oceans exerts an important long-term control on atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Tropical cyclones participate in this process by delivering recently fixed carbon to the sea.
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Eglinton, T. Tempestuous transport. Nature Geosci 1, 727–728 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo349
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