Sinking clay-carbon floc (VIDEO)

Dartmouth College

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In lab experiments, the researchers found clay dust captured as much as 50% of organic carbon particulates before they could oxidize into carbon dioxide. This video show that the sticky heavy flocs of clay and carbon (upper right) sink quickly, collecting more organic carbon as they fall through the water column.

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Mukul Sharma/Dartmouth

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