Coastal Erosion Rapidly Affecting Arctic Ocean’s Ability to Absorb CO2

As the world continues to warm at unprecedented rates, the ability of the Arctic Ocean to absorb carbon dioxide is rapidly decreasing due to coastal erosion.

Coupled with melting permafrost, the Arctic Ocean is now likely releasing more carbon dioxide than it absorbs, a new study has found. The study, conducted by European researchers, was published Tuesday in the journal Nature Climate Change.

The two poles together are responsible for absorbing about 90 percent of all the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into the ice.

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