Amazon powers tropical ocean's carbon sink
Monday, July 21, 2008 - 16:28
in Earth & Climate
Nutrients from the Amazon River spread well beyond the continental shelf and drive carbon capture in the deep ocean, according to the authors of a multi-year study.
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