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Climate change affects Southern Ocean carbon sink

The first evidence that recent climate change has weakened one the Earth's natural carbon 'sinks' is published this week in the journal Science. A four-year study by scientists from the University of East Anglia, British Antarctic Survey and the Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry reveals that an increase in winds over the Southern Ocean, caused by greenhouse gases and ozone depletion, has led to a release of stored CO2 into the atmosphere and is preventing further absorption of the greenhouse gas.

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