How many gigatonnes of co2 are there in the oceans?

Question

an estimate?

and a link to show where u got it from

beczuse i cant find it

in other words

how much co2 os there in the oceans?

Answer 1

Enough to make the ocean fizz like seltzer! (that's why waves are so foamy). :)

Answer 2

About 3X10 to the seventh.  Gigatonnes.

Mass of the oceans (oooh, he used Wikipedia):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean

Percentage CO2:

http://fm-eth.ethz.ch/eth/media/FMPro?-d...

Really good article, you should read it.

By the way, here's the mass balance in/out per year.  Also a good article, which you should read.

http://environment.newscientist.com/chan...

Right now the oceans are a major sink, the first article says that may change as we warm more.