A single typhoon in Taiwan buries as much carbon in the ocean--in the form of sediment--as all the other rains in that country all year long combined, reveals research funded by the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.

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A single typhoon in Taiwan buries as much carbon in the ocean--in the form of sediment--as all the other rains in that country all year long combined, reveals research funded by the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Physical weathering occurs when organic matter containing carbon adheres to soil that is washed into the ocean and buried. Chemical weathering happens when silicate rock on a mountainside is exposed to carbon dioxide and...