Study Confirms Southern Ocean is Absorbing Carbon

The waters circling Antarctica absorb more carbon from the atmosphere than they release, serving as a strong carbon sink and an important buffer for greenhouse gas emissions.

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Video by NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio and data from the ECCO-Darwin Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Model. Story by Sofie Bates, NASA’s Earth Science News Team.

Published January 2, 2022
Data acquired January 3 - August 15, 2012

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