Amazon River powers tropical ocean's carbon sink
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 10:07
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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