Antarctic krill store as much carbon as the world’s mangroves, salt marshes and seagrass beds
By Angus Atkinson, Professor of Marine Ecology, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Anna Belcher, Catchment Biogeochemist, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Emma Cavan, Senior Lecturer, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London
For the first time, we used a computer model of ocean currents to show that krill waste products don’t need to reach great depths to achieve carbon storage for at least 100 years.
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Tuesday, September 17, 2024