Oceans absorbing carbon dioxide more slowly, scientist finds
Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 23:14
in Earth & Climate
The world's oceans are absorbing less carbon dioxide, a geophysicist has found after pooling data taken over the past 50 years. With the oceans currently absorbing over 40 percent of the CO2 emitted by human activity, this could quicken the pace of climate change, according to the study.