Weaker ocean circulation could enhance carbon dioxide buildup in the atmosphere, study finds

Scientists may have to rethink the relationship between the ocean’s circulation and its long-term capacity to store carbon, new research suggests. As the ocean gets weaker, it could release more carbon from the deep ocean into the atmosphere — rather than less, as some have predicted.

​Scientists may have to rethink the relationship between the ocean’s circulation and its long-term capacity to store carbon, new research suggests. As the ocean gets weaker, it could release more carbon from the deep ocean into the atmosphere — rather than less, as some have predicted. Scientists may have to rethink the relationship between the ocean’s circulation and its long-term capacity to store carbon, new research suggests. As the ocean gets weaker, it could release more carbon from the deep ocean into the atmosphere — rather than less, as some have predicted.