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> "capturing carbon is critical. Healthy land is vital in that fight." The oceans represent something like 93% of carbon capture.
by autokad 7y ago
> "capturing carbon is critical. Healthy land is vital in that fight."
The oceans represent something like 93% of carbon capture.
- all2 7y agoI'm curious, do you know how water and air conditions affect carbon capture rates (and would you be willing to explain it to me)?
- mistrial9 7y agoreading "The State of the Carbon Cycle" 2018 USGCRP it is not so easy to sum up.. basically, there is "flux" which is the activity of both uptake and production.. the coastal zones have a lot of organic matter, so the flux is very active, while open oceans are different. Rivers carry carbon to the oceans and dump it in sediment, mostly.. do you count that ? and, the differences between anthropogenic sources, which are changing, and the base rates, which are changing more slowly, are hard to separate because we can only observe total activity as best as possible..
- woodandsteel 7y agoThe problem is that when the oceans absorb carbon, they become more acidic.