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Ocean plants
absorb about 100 billion tonnes of
carbon from the water. They and other organisms return most through
respiration and decay.
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Some is diverted
through shells and dissolved material into the deep ocean.
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The net addition
to the atmosphere from the ocean is
about 2 billion tonnes annually.
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