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by gus_massa 352 days ago
Just to confirm, Does "Pg C yr⁻¹" mean "Peta grams Carbon per Year"?

It's the mass of only "C" or the mass of "CO2"? (There is like a x3 difference, 12 vs 44. Probably not very relevant, but I'd like to understand the meaning correctly.)

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And why petagram instead of the more common gigaton?