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The dissolved organic carbon from the Amazon Rivers spreads into the Atlantic Ocean to be decomposed by solar radiation. The river plume containing terrestrial dissolved organic carbon can be seen as dark regions in the Atlantic Ocean. The picture taken on 30 September 2006 shows that the river plume has extended first about 700 km in the front of Guyana and turned there towards the open ocean

Solar radiation mineralizes the terrestrial soluble organic carbon in the ocean

Rivers release yearly 248 teragrams (248 000 grams) of earthly broke up natural carbon from the landmasses to the sea. The lion's share of...