Definition

The ocean is a carbon sink, absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere which dissolves. This makes the ocean more acidic.

Further reading
What role do the oceans play in regulating the climate and supporting life on Earth? - Grantham Research Institute at LSE [website]
The Oceanic Sink for Anthropogenic CO2 (Sabine et al., 2004) [journal article]
The Oceanic Sink for Anthropogenic CO2 from 1994 to 2007 (Gruber et al., 2019) [journal article]
Related

biological pump; blue carbon; carbon pool; carbon sequestration; marine biological carbon pump; ocean carbon biological pump; ocean carbon sink; oceanic carbon cycle; ocean sink; solubility pump

See also
Carbon sinks
Ocean acidification
Drafted by
Chris Graham
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