Sentences with phrase «adding significant amounts of carbon»
As if rising sea levels aren't enough to worry about, U.S. Geological Survey scientists say melting glaciers may also adding significant amounts of carbon to the oceans, where it's readily available to microscopic organisms at the base of the food chain.
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A dozen early experiments in different regions have shown that plankton growth increases when iron is artificially added, but scientists have yet to show that this could lock significant amounts of CO2 into the ocean; carbon from the plants would have to sink to the bottom for this to happen.