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Article: Ocean carbon cycle affected by drought.
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- August 14, 2003
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M2 PRESSWIRE-14 August 2003-NSF: Ocean carbon cycle affected by drought(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Arlington, Va.--Recent drought conditions in the North Pacific Ocean near Hawaii have caused a decrease in the strength of the carbon dioxide sink, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature. A team funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and led by scientists Dave Karl and Roger Lukas of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaii used 15 years of time-series measurements to compare the precipitation, salinity and carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations at Station ...