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Originally Posted by Wally86
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Hopefully good news, but if atmospheric CO2 is rising and twice as much carbon is pulled to the sea floor than thought (how much of a sink as a percentage of the whole is unclear from this article) then I wonder if that means even more emissions must be driving the rise in CO2, if they thought this natural CO2 sink was smaller.
The other thing they mention is that if this sink is disrupted then it could have an even bigger or two fold impact than previously estimated:
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The biological pump phenomenon takes place over the entire ocean. That means that even small changes in its efficiency could significantly change atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and, as a result, global climate.
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