Polar ocean ‘soaking up less CO2’
By Paul Rincon
Science reporter, BBC News, May 18 2007
See also Toronto Star Report
One of Earth’s most important absorbers of carbon dioxide (CO2) is failing to soak up as much of the greenhouse gas as it was expected to, scientists say. The decline of Antarctica’s Southern Ocean carbon “sink” – or reservoir – means that atmospheric CO2 levels may be higher in future than predicted.