The ocean is losing its ability to absorb CO2

According to a new British and German study published in Science, oceans have been absorbing the excesses of carbone dioxide (CO ₂ ) in the atmosphere for centuries, but an ocean is losing its ability. This feature.

The accumulation of CO ₂ in the atmosphere since the beginning of the industrial revolution is considered to be the cause of global warming. It is estimated that the oceans absorb about a quarter of the CO2 emissions associated with human activity.

But researchers claim that the Antarctic ocean is losing this ability. The study, conducted over a four-year period, concluded that an increase in the amount of wind in the Antarctic ocean has prevented carbon sequestration, and even released a portion of carbon dioxide reserves.

'This is serious. All meteorological models predict that this reaction will continue to rise during a century, ' warned lead author Corinne Le Quere of the University of East Anglia.

Scientists from the Antarctic Research Organization (UK) and the Jena Institute (Germany) also participated in the study.

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