COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Southern ocean carbon sink weakened
Description: Scientists have observed the first evidence that the Southern Ocean's ability to absorb the major greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, has weakened by about 15 per cent per decade since 1981. [Source: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)]
URL: http://www.csiro.au/news/CarbonSinkWeakened.html
Availability: Full Text
Source: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Publish Date: 5/18/2007
Reading Level: Basic
Page Length: 2

<< BACK