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Marine carbon sinking rates confirm importance of polar oceans
Description: This recent marine science study uses a new approach to get a global picture of the fate of marine carbon. It finds that the polar seas export organic carbon to the deep sea, where it can no longer trap heat from the sun, about five times as efficiently as in other parts of the ocean. [Source: University of Washington]
URL: http://www.washington.edu/news/2016/07/25/marine-carbon-sinking-rates-confirm-importance-of-polar-oceans/
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Source: University of Washington
Publish Date: 7/25/2016
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