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A new report by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO reveals a critical lack of understanding of how the ocean absorbs & stores carbon, & sets out a global roadmap to bolster international cooperation, strengthen ocean carbon monitoring & update climate models accordingly. (1/4)

news.exeter.ac.ukMajor blind spot in ocean carbon research could undermine global climate predictionsA new report by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO reveals a critical lack of understanding of how the ocean absorbs and stores carbon. This glaring uncertainty about our p...

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University of Exeter, Cornwall

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26 Feb

Researchers from the University of Exeter were lead authors of the roadmap, & its seminal version in 2021 (2/4)

University of Exeter, Cornwall

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26 Feb

Professor Jamie Shutler from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences said: “The amount of carbon absorbed by the ocean each year is one of only two key observational constraints on global carbon assessments." (...) (3/4)

University of Exeter, Cornwall

@cornwall.exeter.ac.uk

26 Feb

"Essentially, if we don’t know how much carbon is going into the ocean, we can’t guide governments in how to limit global heating, and we can’t predict how carbon is degrading marine life which is an important source of food.” (4/4)