Ocean Carbon Dioxide levels. An invisible time bomb?

Ocean Acidification is perhaps the most well publicised consequence of increased levels of carbon dioxide being absorbed by our oceans. But as the oceans also absorb vast quantities of heat from our human activities, and sea levels rise as a result of melting ice caps and thermal expansion, another less well known but no less precious store of Carbon is being threatened, with potentially disastrous consequences.   

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Research Links -
https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/chapter/chapter-5/

https://www.thebluecarboninitiative.org/

https://www.conservation.org/blog/what-on-earth-is-blue-carbon

https://www.conservation.org/blog/climate-crisis-pushing-oceans-to-the-brink-report-warns

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/20/marine-heatwave-set-off-carbon-bomb-in-worlds-largest-seagrass-meadow

https://www.iucn.org/resources/issues-briefs/blue-carbonhttps://www.thebluecarboninitiative.org/carbon-projects

https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs#eq-2

https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/events/restoring-coastal-ecosystems

https://www.esa.int/esearch?q=ocean+CO2

JHAT Ocean Acidification Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFUEzs1RDuw&t=288s






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