Carbon Sinking (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Carbon Sinking

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Results show that the transfer efficiency of organic carbon from the surface to the deep ocean ranges from just 5 percent in the subtropics to around 25 percent near the poles.

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Thomas Weber/University of Washington

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