Nicely put WSJ headline: Next CO2 Worry: Less Absorption
The ability of the world’s southern oceans to absorb carbon dioxide isn’t keeping pace with the rate of emissions due to human activity, which means that future concentrations of the gas in the atmosphere may be higher than what current projections suggest, a new study finds.
So writes Gautam Naik, based on this Science study.
As Andrew Dressler wisely pointed out in a post called Uh-Oh in Grist, the conservative nature of science in general and the IPCC in particular virtually guarantees that warming estimates will be exceeded, an unfortunate truth that has yet to reach the general public.
Kit Stolz 