seaweed carried to the deep sea stores more carbon than we thought
- Written by: Albert Pessarrodona Silvestre, Research Fellow in Ecology, The University of Western Australia
Loredana Caputo/ShutterstockDeep in the ocean lies the world’s largest active carbon reservoir, which plays a pivotal role in buffering our planet’s climate. Of the roughly 10 billion tonnes carbon dioxide we emit each year, about 3 billion tonnes are taken up and stored in the oceans – and largely by plants.
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