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We produce around 32 billion tons of CO2 each year.
Out of that about 15 actually stays in the atmosphere contributing to climate change.
The oceans, forests, vegetation and soil store the rest of that CO2.
So obviously if this current storage facility starts declining
we are in more trouble than before.
Out of these carbon sinks about a quarter of the carbon dioxide is absorbed by the oceans...
and the biggest ocean for this is the Southern Ocean
which surrounds Antarctica.
Recently scientists have reported that this large volume of water
is now only able to absorb a fraction of the CO2 it use to.
CO2 needs to be stored at below 300 metres to stay there permanently
It is reckoned that the stormy seas being whipped up by higher wind speeds
which are themselves a by-product of the changing climate
is causing the mixing of deep water with the shallower water
which absorbs less of this greenhouse gas.
It is like some vicious circle - which we are looking desperately to address.
While doing so we must galvanize ourselves and our Governments
to work harder on reducing emissions.