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The breathing ocean: Reducing the effects of climate change

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Physorg

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2013-06-20

Each year, between the burning of fossil fuels and the clearing of old growth forests, humans put about 10 petagrams of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. A petagram is one quadrillion grams. Ten petagrams is equivalent to the mass of Halley's comet, to put it in perspective.

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http://phys.org/news/2013-06-ocean-effects-climate.html