Graph showing About 58% of CO2 emissions have been absorbed by carbon sinks, including plant growth, soil uptake, and ocean uptake (half of that absorbed by oceans).

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   CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Aug-2025 00:14:02 JST CelloMom On Cars

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   Now that companies are salivating at the prospect of making the oceans "more effective" at countering global heating, here are a few reminders:

   1. The oceans are ALREADY absorbing about A THIRD of human caused carbon dioxide

   (And are acidifying from all the excess CO2; ocean acidification is global warming's "evil twin").

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_sink