Global warming helps Arctic algae suck CO2

JMH · Jun 8, 2012

There's good news for folks worried that atmospheric CO₂ levels in the Arctic have passed 400ppm for the first time: a vast CO₂-sucking phytoplankton bloom has been discovered beneath Arctic ice – and it may thank global warming for its presence.

"This wasn't just any phytoplankton bloom," Stanford University marine scientist Kevin Arrigo told The Christian Science Monitor. "It was literally the most intense phytoplankton bloom I've ever seen in my 25 years of doing this type of research."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/08/phytoplankton_bloom/

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Global warming helps Arctic algae suck CO2

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