Ocean Losing Its Appetite for Carbon
This article is pretty interesting because it is talking about the amount of carbon that is being absorbed. In this article it shows that the amount of carbon that the ocean absorbs has decreased in the speed that it absorbs it in. This could cause some serious problems in the world today. The rate dropped from twenty seven percent to twenty four percent which does not sound dramatic, but it is actually quite dramatic. With this decrease more carbon is left in the atmosphere causing problems. A theory as to why this has happened is because with all of the carbon in the ocean it has become more acidic, and acidic water cannot absorb carbon as efficiently. But scientists are still unaware as to why this has occurred.
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This drop in intake rate seems to be causing an even more severe CO2 emissions rate in the environment. If the ocean isn't absorbing it then there is even more in the air, which will have multiplying effects.
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