Back to Publications

Congo River Basin: A Major Conduit of Terrestrial Carbon to the Atlantic

Mbeki, J.P.; Nkomo, E.

2024Journal ArticleRiver-Ocean Carbon Transport

Abstract

We quantify the annual carbon discharge from the Congo River to the Atlantic Ocean and assess its implications for regional marine carbon budgets and potential CDR strategies.

Citation

Mbeki, J.P. & Nkomo, E. (2024). Congo River Basin Carbon Transport. Nature Geoscience, 17, 456-463.