Table 2.

Estimates of ocean CO₂ uptake compared to interior inventory of anthropogenic carbon.

	Atlantic	Pacific	Indian	Other regions	Global
Cumulative CO2 uptake through surface (−ve is into ocean) July 1994 to June 2007 (PgC, ±2σ)
North	−5.68 ± 0.97	−6.60 ± 0.90	+1.16 ± 0.43	−1.56 ± 0.8	−12.7 ± 1.6
South	−3.22 ± 0.91	−3.43 ± 4.6	−7.41 ± 0.96	–	−14.1 ± 4.6
Total	−8.91 ± 1.50	−10.04 ± 4.3	−6.25 ± 1.20	–	−26.8 ± 3.4
Gruber et al.17 estimates of inventory increase 1994–2007 (PgC)
North	6.0 ± 0.4	5.2 ± 0.6	0.8 ± 0.4	1.5 ± 0.6	13.5 ± 1.0
South	5.9 ± 1.2	8.0 ± 1.2	6.3 ± 3.4	–	20.1 ± 3.8
Total	11.9 ± 1.3	13.2 ± 1.3	7.1 ± 3.4	–	33.7 ± 4.0