Oceans' Uptake of Manmade Carbon May Be Slowing
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 18:14
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- 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.