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The ocean seems to be coming up a lot lately in the news, which is worrisome because the news only covers things like the ocean when they get so bad no one can ignore them anymore. Or when they smell a sensational sky-is-falling sort of story. Hard to tell which is which anymore. From the LA Times (possibly the worst major city paper in the world, but oh well):

“The Southern Ocean, a massive storehouse for carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, is slowly losing its capacity to buffer the world from rising concentrations of the greenhouse gas, researchers reported Thursday.”

“As a result, the study said, carbon dioxide could accumulate in the atmosphere faster than expected over the coming decades.”

“The ocean, which surrounds Antarctica, accounts for about a third of all carbon stored in the world’s five oceans.”

“The researchers described a vicious cycle in which global warming reduced the ocean’s ability to absorb the heat-trapping gas. That would then accelerate the accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, triggering more warming.”

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