About 6% of the total uptake of carbon dioxide by the ocean is due to rainfall
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https://news-oceanacidification-icc.org/2024/09/10/rain-increases-the-global-ocean-carbon-uptake-by-about-6/
https://news-oceanacidification-icc.org/2024/09/10/rain-increases-the-global-ocean-carbon-uptake-by-about-6/
Thanks for sharing! I think there's a perception that carbon capture is mostly trees, but it's so interesting how complex everything actually is.
I only found out about the Ocean Carbon Pump a year ago, which is a pretty big deal for carbon capture: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_pump
Just one small correction, which is in the article but somehow is wrong in the title.
Rainfall increases the ocean’s uptake of carbon by 6%, and the ocean accounts for one quarter of global uptake. So the amount we’re talking about here is 1.5% and doesn’t include the amount rainfall contributes to uptake of carbon on land unless we just chalk all rainfall up to oceanic uptake.