The Biological Pump · Burying Carbon
unseel.com · marine snow · Redfield ratio · deep-sea burial
Export 5–11 Gt C / yr
Deep store 38,000 Gt C
phase
Plankton (organic C)
CO₂ molecule
O₂ released
Marine snow (sinking C)
CaCO₃ shell
Unseel.com · The Biological Pump