Oceans' uptake of manmade carbon may be slowing
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 13:49
in Earth & Climate
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.