Biologically processed carbon drives the annual marine carbon sink decades after CO2 emissions cease

Wolfgang Koeve1, Mayra Schlack2, Jens Terhaar3, Jamie Devereux Wilson4, Andreas Oschlies1 and Ivy Frenger1, (1)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, (2)University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany, (3)University of Bern, Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, Bern, Switzerland, (4)University of Liverpool, School of Environmental Sciences, Liverpool, United Kingdom