NASA
July 23, 2008

    " A single typhoon in Taiwan buries as much carbon in =

the ocean =96 in the form of sediment =96 as all the other rains =

in that country all year long combined. That's the finding =

of an Ohio State University study published in a recent =

issue of the journal Geology.

The study =96
the first ever to examine the chemistry of stream water and =

sediments
that were being washed out to sea
while a typhoon was happening at full force =96

will help scientists develop better models of global climate =

change.

        http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/2008/20080723=
27311.html

... "

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