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The oceans are the largest reservoir of carbon on the planet. And yet here you are blowing themn off as they don't even exist. The interaction of the atmosphere with the oceans is the most important life-giving process on the planet.The Southern Ocean that surrounds Antarcica is seen to be nearing or has reached it's saturation point with repect to CO2. This is vitally important since it is th elargest sink of CO2 because CO2 dissolves more readily in cold water than it does in warm water. When it stops absorbing more CO2, you can expect global temperatures to rising even more dramatically than trhey already have, in the southern hemisphere first, and then the northern hemisphere. Butof course, for you, the oceans are irrelevant, right?Burning oil and coal releases carbon into the atmosphere far more rapidly than it is being removed, and this imbalance causes atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations to increase. In addition, by clearing forests, we reduce the ability of photosynthesis to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, also resulting in a net increase. Because of these human activities, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations are higher today than they have been over the last half-million years or longer.
The oceans are the largest reservoir of carbon on the planet. And yet here you are blowing themn off as they don't even exist. The interaction of the atmosphere with the oceans is the most important life-giving process on the planet.
The Southern Ocean that surrounds Antarcica is seen to be nearing or has reached it's saturation point with repect to CO2. This is vitally important since it is th elargest sink of CO2 because CO2 dissolves more readily in cold water than it does in warm water. When it stops absorbing more CO2, you can expect global temperatures to rising even more dramatically than trhey already have, in the southern hemisphere first, and then the northern hemisphere. Butof course, for you, the oceans are irrelevant, right?
Burning oil and coal releases carbon into the atmosphere far more rapidly than it is being removed, and this imbalance causes atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations to increase. In addition, by clearing forests, we reduce the ability of photosynthesis to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, also resulting in a net increase. Because of these human activities, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations are higher today than they have been over the last half-million years or longer.
