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Published online 9 December 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1292
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Ozone hole weakens oceanic carbon sink
A new model links stratospheric ozone depletion to ocean acidification.
The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica may be impairing the Southern Ocean's ability to mop up carbon dioxide from Earth's atmosphere, according to work presented at a meeting in France today.
Earth's oceans are the largest sink of carbon dioxide, with the Southern Ocean accounting for more than 40% of the annual oceanic uptake of the greenhouse gas, says Andrew Lenton, a marine biochemist at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris.
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