Amazon River Powers Tropical Ocean's Carbon Sink
Monday, July 21, 2008 - 19:28
in Earth & Climate
Nutrients from the Amazon River spread well beyond the continental shelf and drive carbon capture in the deep ocean. This new finding does not change estimates of the oceans' total carbon uptake, but it reveals the surprisingly large role of tropical oceans and major rivers.
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