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Fjords are unexpected natural allies against climate change: Study
2015-05-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Fjords from Alaska to Norway soak up potentially damaging carbon from the atmosphere, making the steep-sided inlets an overlooked natural ally in offsetting man-made climate change, a study showed on Monday. Fjords cover only 0.1 percent of the world's ocean surface but account for 11 percent of the organic carbon in plants, soils and rocks that gets buried in marine sediments every year after being washed off the land by rivers, it said. The cliff-sided inlets, carved out by glaciers in successive...
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