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The Ocean Carbon Sink Is Ailing
Measurements analyzed by an international research team indicate the global ocean absorbed significantly less CO₂ than anticipated during the unprecedented marine heatwave in 2023.
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The Ocean Carbon Sink Is Ailing
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- By Ryan Krugman, a masters student at the Columbia Climate School.
- “This caused a lot of turmoil and stress obviously across the whole ecosystem,” said Denise Hearn, a senior fellow at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment. “But everyone wondered, ‘OK, when are they actually going […]
- “I think we’re not prepared for another Katrina and we’re getting less prepared every day as there’s talk of disassembling FEMA,” Dr. Irwin Redlener, founding director and senior advisor for the Columbia Climate School’s National […]