Sinking Marine Snow Aids Oceans in Locking up CO2

ETH Zurich, Futurity

Sinking Marine Snow Aids Oceans in Locking up CO2
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Current ocean models assume speed of sinking and rate of degradation to be independent of each other. “But we’ve now shown that the degradation processes are enhanced by sinking,” says Uria Alcolombri from the Institute of Environmental Engineering at ETH Zurich, first author of the new study.

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