Ocean's Carbon Absorption Weakens by 6%, UN Warns Ahead of COP31
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The ocean absorbs about 30 percent of human-caused carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions and 90 percent of excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases. However, climate change has already cut the ocean's capacity to absorb carbon by roughly six percent, according to a new UN report released ahead of the COP31 climate conference in November.