Higher CO2 absorption in the Southern Ocean

The Southern Ocean plays an important role in absorbing CO₂ from the atmosphere that is released by human activities - a process that is of crucial importance for climate change. In a new study, an international research group led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), with the participation of the Alfred Wegener Institute, has found that the Southern Ocean around Antarctica absorbs more carbon dioxide (CO₂) than previously thought. The results, which were published in the journal Science Advances, are based on a comprehensive data analysis of seven expeditions with direct CO₂ measurements.