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Science 20 June 1969:
Vol. 164. no. 3886, pp. 1395 - 1397
DOI: 10.1126/science.164.3886.1395
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Equilibration of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide with Sea Water: Possible Enzymatic Control of the Rate

Rainer Berger 1 and W. F. Libby 2

1 Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles 90024
2 Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, and Department of Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles

Surface and subsurface ocean water differ in exchange characteristics with atmospheric carbon dioxide. The possibility of control by an enzyme like carbonic anhydrase has been experimentally explored.


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