Researchers Find That Stratospheric Ozone Depletion Reduces Southern Ocean Carbon Uptake
Green Car Congress
JULY 9, 2009
Researchers in France have found that ozone depletion above Antarctica has significantly reduced the Southern Ocean’s ability to absorb atmospheric CO 2 and has also accelerated acidification of southern polar waters, despite lesser CO 2 uptake. This corresponds to a relative reduction of nearly 10% of the global oceanic carbon uptake.
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