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Rate of the Pacific Carbon Pump
February 12, 2012 | Hawaii.edu

An international team of scientists has documented a regular, significant and unexpected increase in the amount of particulate matter exported to the deep sea in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre that may be related to day length.


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