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The atmosphere, land, and sea have been absorbing our carbon dioxide emissions for hundreds of years, and they’re getting a bit fed up.
The atmosphere absorbs about half of the CO2 emitted from fossil fuels; the oceans and the land absorb the rest. But those systems are under strain and more CO2 is staying in the atmosphere. Host Steve Curwood turns to Professor Inez Fung of the Berkeley Institute of the Environment to find out how CO2 affects land and sea.