New discovery of how carbon is stored in the Southern Ocean
Sunday, July 29, 2012 - 12:01
in Earth & Climate
A team of British and Australian scientists has discovered an important method of how carbon is drawn down from the surface of the Southern Ocean to the deep waters beneath. The Southern Ocean is an important carbon sink in the world around 40% of the annual global CO2 emissions absorbed by the world's oceans enter through this region.