Super-slow circulation allowed world鈥檚 oceans to store huge amounts of carbon during the last ice age
27 June 2016探花直播way the ocean transported heat, nutrients and carbon dioxide at the peak of the last ice age, about 20,000 years ago, is significantly different than what has previously been suggested, according to two new studies. 探花直播findings suggest that the colder ocean circulated at a very slow rate, which enabled it to store much more carbon for much longer than the modern ocean.