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How oceans turn carbon into 'marine snow'

When it comes to climate change, the oceans have been doing us a big favor. They absorb carbon, which sinks to the sea floor in particles called ‘marine snow.’ A new study sheds light on just how this process works.

NPR’s Lauren Sommer reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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