“The Southern Ocean is a large window by which the atmosphere connects to the interior of the ocean below. Until now we didn’t know exactly the physical processes of how carbon ends up being stored deep in the ocean. It’s the combination of winds, currents and eddies that create these carbon-capturing pathways drawing waters down into the deep ocean from the ocean surface,” said lead author Jean-Baptiste Sallée from British Antarctic Survey. “Now that we have an improved understanding of the mechanisms for carbon draw-down we are better placed to understand the effects of changing climate and future carbon absorption by the ocean.”The team noted that the Southern Ocean could allow scientists to better predict how ocean currents and ocean systems around the world deal with the increasingly large amount of carbon dioxide. Until now, climate scientists understood little about the relationship between oceanic systems and carbon dioxide. Due !
to the size and remote location of the Southern Ocean, scientists have only recently been able to explore the workings of the ocean with the help of the small robotic probes.<br />http://www.capitolcolumn.com/news/new-co2-findings-may-unlock-secrets-of-global-warming-video/
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