Monday, 8 June 2015

Earth's oceans are found much greater source of greenhouse gas than previously believed

Researchers pictured with one of the sampling devices used to collect readings of the Pacific Ocean

A new study by MIT has revealed that the quantities of nitrous oxide (N2O), otherwise known as laughing gas, being released by the world's oceans has been dramatically underestimated. Heightened levels of N2O have the potential to seriously influence the health of our planet's ozone layer, as the gas is around 300 times more potent than the more prevalent menace of carbon dioxide emissions.

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