Comment on Algae Rock!
DarkCloud@lemmy.world 1 week agoNot trying to be a dick, but I figured Algae is still a carbon based life form… So I googled and it said: Uptake of CO2 by algae is approximately twice of the weight of algae.
But I assume other stuff is doing most of the heavy lifting… I think I remember something about coral forests, just trying to ask people who know more - what’s taking up all that carbon? Is algae a threat to it?
Lyrl@lemm.ee 1 week ago
It’s not just the uptake, it’s whether it stays at the surface, ultimately releasing the carbon back into the atmosphere via decomposition gases, or sinks to the ocean floor, thus locking up the carbon in oceanic rock.
We have a good handle on understanding the uptake. It’s the float vs sink part that has the critical uncertainty.