New discovery of how carbon is stored in the Southern Ocean

New discovery of how carbon is stored in the Southern Ocean.  A team of British and Australian researchers have discovered a new method of how carbon is drawn from the surface of the sea to the deep waters beneath.  Read more...

A team of British and Australian scientists has discovered an important method of how carbon is drawn down from the surface of the Southern Ocean to the deep waters beneath. The Southern Ocean is an important carbon sink in the world – around 40% of the annual global CO2 emissions absorbed by the world's oceans enter through this region.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-07-discovery-carbon-southern-ocean.html#jCp

Icebergs in the Southern Ocean (Photo credit: Liam Quinn)