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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (58614)4/11/2005 6:59:20 PM
From: Moominoid  Read Replies (2) of 74559
 
<Clouds have a big surface area! They must be absorbing a LOT of CO2 and raining it into the ocean. I dare say that's a faster absorption process than straight into the ocean surface. I admit that's a complete wild guess, but photos of Earth from space show a LOT of opaque cloud, so the surface area of clouds must be about 1000 times that of the ocean surfaces. >

Clouds aren't busy absorbing CO2. Even if they were it wouldn't make much difference in terms of raining it into the surface ocean. The surface would exchange some back into the atmosphere and keep in equilibrium. Removal of CO2 to the deep ocean occurs slowly when surface water sinks as in the North Atlantic. In most locations there isn't much mixing between the top 100 metres and the rest of the ocean. The other main route is sedimentation by lifeforms...
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