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Algae stole our carbon


Algae stole our carbon
European oceanographers say that they have found part of the answer as to why there is less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than there should be. The oceanographers have discovered that a large amount of carbon dioxide is being absorbed by algae which lives in the oceans near Spain. Some of the carbon dioxide being absorbed by the algae is being recycled into the air, but some of it disappears into the ocean when currents push the algae into open waters where it dies of cold. When the dead algae sinks, it takes the stored carbon with it.
8 MAY 1999, P. 15
New Scientist
8 MAY 1999, P. 15

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