Ocean uptake of carbon dioxide could drop as carbon emissions are cut
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 19:40
in Earth & Climate
The ocean is so sensitive to declining greenhouse gas emissions that it immediately responds by taking up less carbon dioxide, says a new study. The authors say we may soon see this play out due to the COVID-19 pandemic lessening global fuel consumption; they predict the ocean could take up less carbon dioxide in 2020 than in 2019.