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Giant Calving Icebergs May Slow Pace of Climate Change
2016-01-16 17:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: British scientists have identified the monsters that fertilise the Southern [or Antarctic] Ocean and help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Giant icebergs drifting northwards could be responsible for storing up to a fifth of all the carbon that sinks into the south polar waters. Geographers at the University of Sheffield report in Nature Geoscience journal that they analysed 175 satellite images of ocean colour-an indicator of phytoplankton activity. They learned that each huge...
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