Oceans absorb about 30 percent of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by NOAA, UN, CSIRO, and peer-reviewed research in Science; figure consistently cited as ~30% (range 25-31% across sources).
Sources
- The Pacific Ocean—facts and information (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/ocean-coasts/ocean-acidification (noaa.gov)
- https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/climate-issues/ocean (un.org)
- https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/quantifying-ocean-carbon-sink (ncei.noaa.gov)
- https://www.csiro.au/en/news/all/articles/2023/june/oceans-absorb-emissions (csiro.au)