18 May 2007

Carbon sink sunk

My day would not be complete without some bad environmental news. Today is now complete. It seems that the ability of the southern ocean to absorb CO2 is about exhausted and will soon be unable to absorb more. At the moment it is currently responsible for dealing with about 15% of the globes excess carbon dioxide.

It is a good thing therefore, and we should thank the ExxonMobil Corporation for keeping us apprised of this fact, that excess CO2 in the atmosphere will not lead to increased mean temperatures.

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