"The Southern Ocean, most people would argue, is the world's most important carbon sink." However, its carbon uptake had fluctuated over the past 30 years and no one was quite sure why, Turnbull said.

Movie illustrating the development of the sea-surface pCO2 from 1982 through 2011 in µatm. The number above the color bar illustrates the mean atmospheric partial pressure of CO2 south of 35S.

The Southern Ocean was a carbon source in pre-industrial times, but has since been turned into an ever-growing carbon sink through pressure from human-induced carbon dioxide emissions.

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