How much more carbon is in the ocean than the atmosphere?
The oceans contain about 50 times more CO 2 than the atmosphere and 19 times more than the land biosphere. The oceans are able to hold much more carbon than the atmosphere because most of the CO 2 that diffuses into the oceans reacts with the water to form carbonic acid and its dissociation products, bicarbonate and carbonate ions.
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