reading that article, it seems to mix things up alot
one sentence is reads
in the past decade, a slowdown in the rate of warming on global respiration
so this article is refering to global respiration as a component of global warming
then next sentence
during the recent slowdown in global warming
but that slow down is well and truely over
also its important to note the article re refering to growth rates of co2 slowing..but that co2 levels are still going up..as you still have a positive rate..its just that the rate of increase has decreased...and this article atributes that to increased plant growth due to more co2...so a bit of negative feedback going on there (negative in that the more co2 in the atmosphere is making plants grow faster which means they are taking up more co2...but
that is not making co2 levels stop increasing..just slowing down that increase a bit...so does that mean you carry on emitting co2 a bit more?)
i.e be carefull to not miss the point that a pause in growth rate of CO2 does not mean CO2 levels have stopped going up..they are still going up..at the current growth rate....is just that the rate of increase (of the growth rate) is not increasing all the time..which is a good thing..