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Model of Chemical Deposition in the Ocean

Caption: Maps depict the model-estimated atmospheric deposition rates of carbon, nitrogen and sulfur; alkalinity; and potential alkalinity to the ocean caused by human activity relative to conditions before the Industrial Age began.

Credit: Scott Doney, WHOI, et al, from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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