Ocean's Biological Carbon Pump (VIDEO) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution This video is under embargo. Please login to access this video. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Caption Scientists have long known that the ocean plays an essential role in capturing carbon from the atmosphere, but a new study shows that the efficiency of the ocean's "biological carbon pump" has been drastically underestimated. Credit Video by Elise Hugus, UnderCurrent Productions, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Usage Restrictions with credit License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.