Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Carbon storage shifts around Antarctica

  • Michael P. Meredith

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31152-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 3

Abstract

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Dense water production in the seas around Antarctica is a key process for century-scale carbon storage, slowing global warming. Results from an advanced new model reveal the prospect of system changes that may greatly reduce the efficiency of this carbon storage by the end of this century.