The world’s oceans absorb huge amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, especially in the polar regions, because the gas dissolves better in cold water. A large part of the carbon dioxide sinks into the deep sea where it is stored for a very long time....
The shell of this pteropod snail (Pteropoda), a species of conch, was damaged by acidified ocean water. This is shown by the lines running from the inside out. Photo: NOAA The Arctic Ocean will absorb more CO2 this century than most climate models have calculated so...