the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by the upper layer of the oceans is increasing by about 2 billion tons per year.
the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by the upper layer of the oceans is increasing by about 2 billion tons per year.
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oceanic carbon cycle
carbon dioxide is absorbed from the atmosphere at the ocean's surface at an exchange rate which varies locally but on average, the oceans have a net absorption of co2 2.2 pg c per year.