deep water
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When these deep waters rise again, they deliver this accumulated acidity back to the surface, where the water interacts with atmospheric CO2 and becomes even more acidic.
From Science Daily
Commuters have been seen wading through deep water to access the station over the past year, while a charity warns the area could become a "no-go zone" for disabled people.
From BBC
To determine why warm deep water intensified during that period, the researchers ran climate and ocean circulation models.
From Science Daily
This immense carbon sink functions through a complex circulation system: deep water rises to the surface, exchanges gases with the atmosphere, and then sinks again, carrying absorbed CO2 back into the depths.
From Science Daily
It is a "pre-salt" area that contains oil deposits trapped under a thick salt layer in deep water, and has already helped Brazil become the world's eighth-largest oil producer.
From Barron's
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