...://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Biological carbon pump Ocean Station Papa Sediment traps Carbon flux Particle size distribution Swimmers The downward transport of particulate organic matter in the ocean plays a critical role in the long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide and contaminants...

.... carbon footprint carbon flux fossil fuel CO 2 Anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emission, primarily from the combustion of fossil fuels, is the largest net annual flux of CO 2 to the atmosphere and represents the dominant source of greenhouse gas forcing ( Hansen et al ., 1998 ; LeQuere...