The ocean has absorbed about 30% of carbon dioxide emissions from human activities since the Industrial Revolution, significantly slowing the pace of climate change.
The ocean has absorbed about 30% of carbon dioxide emissions from human activities since the Industrial Revolution, significantly slowing the pace of climate change.
But as emissions continue to rise, scientists have warned that the ocean could eventually become too saturated with carbon to absorb more. Has the day arrived?
Using a computer simulation, CU Boulder oceanographer Nicole Lovenduski and her collaborators found that the recent slowdown in the ocean’s carbon absorption is likely a result of natural fluctuations instead of human-driven climate change. The study was published in Environmental Research Letters.
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