Open AccessShip-Based Measurements Overestimate Southern Ocean Carbon Sink
Author(s) -
Kate Wheeling
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo136710
Subject(s) - environmental science , oceanography , carbon sink , sink (geography) , climatology , geography , geology , climate change , cartography
New research suggests that combining ship- and float-based observations provides a more accurate measure of how much carbon the Southern Ocean absorbs.