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    Snow & Ice coverage in the Northern Hemisphere Winter 2019/20

    in Spring Weather Discussion

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    2 hours ago, claret047 said:

    Good morning everyone.

    I was uncertain as to where I should post this posting so moderators please feel free to transfer it to a more appropriate place should you so deem.

    Last night I watched the BBC1 documentary presented by David Attenborough in the first of seven programmes on the world's continents the first being on Antarctica.

    It was a fascinating hour's viewing and one thing that attracted my attention was one of his final comments with regards to the waters surrounding the continent. He said that it absorbed twice as much carbon dioxide as the Amazon rain forests. Earlier he had stated that the Antarctic sea ice is melting at an alarming rate. These two pieces of information got me thinking. If more sea is exposed because of the ongoing melt does that mean that a greater surface will be available for carbon capture and will this in turn slow down global warming and eventually reverse it  in that particular region at least?

    Kind Regards

    Dave

    ocean_carbon_tn.jpg

    6554b6be8c0d829a8bf63ae0c82cf121_link.pn The Ocean’s Carbon Balance

    EARTHOBSERVATORY.NASA.GOV
    The amount of carbon dioxide that the ocean can take from the atmosphere is controlled by both natural cycles and human activity.

    Unfortunately not.. This is good article that explains the process.

     

     

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