Green | November 19, 2009 | 1 comment

Oceans’ Uptake of Human-Made Carbon May Be Slowing

source: http://www.humacon.org/2009/11/19/oceans-uptake-of-human-made-carbon-may-be-slowing/

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The oceans play a key role in regulating climate, absorbing more than a quarter of the carbon dioxide that humans put into the air. Now, the first year-by-year accounting of this mechanism during the industrial era suggests the oceans are struggling to keep up with rising emissions — a finding with potentially wide implications for future climate. The study appears in the November 19 issue of the journalNature.
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1 comment // Oceans’ Uptake of Human-Made Carbon May Be Slowing

  • Gravity_Man
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      Gravity_Man  

    • Ocean plants became so overstuffed with CO2 they stopped giving off O2, choosing to expel the extra CO2 the lesser poison. Lower oxygen = diminished Immune System function = epidemics of cold germs we should easily fight off. We're in trouble.

    • 2 years ago
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