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What is the role of oceans in the carbon cycle?

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The ocean plays an important part in the carbon cycle.

  • Overall, the ocean is called a carbon 'sink' because it takes up more carbon from the atmosphere than it gives up.
  • Photosynthesis by tiny marine plants (phytoplankton) in the sunlit surface waters turns the carbon into organic matter.

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