Quantifying the Effect of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Calcifying Plankton
Abstract Widely regarded as an imminent threat to our oceans, ocean acidification has been documented in all oceanic basins. Projected changes in seawater chemistry will have catastrophic biotic effects due to ocean acidification hindering biogenic carbonate production, which will in turn lead to su...
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crspringernat:10.1038/s41598-020-58501-w 2023-05-15T17:49:42+02:00 Quantifying the Effect of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Calcifying Plankton Fox, Lyndsey Stukins, Stephen Hill, Thomas Miller, C. Giles The Natural History Museum, London: Department Investment Fund 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58501-w http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-58501-w.pdf http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-58501-w en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Scientific Reports volume 10, issue 1 ISSN 2045-2322 Multidisciplinary journal-article 2020 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58501-w 2022-01-04T15:15:01Z Abstract Widely regarded as an imminent threat to our oceans, ocean acidification has been documented in all oceanic basins. Projected changes in seawater chemistry will have catastrophic biotic effects due to ocean acidification hindering biogenic carbonate production, which will in turn lead to substantial changes in marine ecosystems. However, previous attempts to quantify the effect of acidification on planktonic calcifying organisms has relied on laboratory based studies with substantial methodological limitations. This has been overcome by comparing historic plankton tows from the seminal HMS Challenger Expedition (1872–1876) with the recent Tara Oceans expedition material (2009–2016). Nano CT-scans of selected equatorial Pacific Ocean planktonic foraminifera, have revealed that all modern specimens had up to 76% thinner shells than their historic counterparts. The “ Challenger Revisited” project highlights the potential of historic ocean collections as a tool to investigate ocean acidification since the early Industrial Revolution. Further analyses of such biotic archives will enable researchers to quantify the effects of anthropogenic climate change across the globe. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification Planktonic foraminifera Springer Nature (via Crossref) Pacific Scientific Reports 10 1 |
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Abstract Widely regarded as an imminent threat to our oceans, ocean acidification has been documented in all oceanic basins. Projected changes in seawater chemistry will have catastrophic biotic effects due to ocean acidification hindering biogenic carbonate production, which will in turn lead to substantial changes in marine ecosystems. However, previous attempts to quantify the effect of acidification on planktonic calcifying organisms has relied on laboratory based studies with substantial methodological limitations. This has been overcome by comparing historic plankton tows from the seminal HMS Challenger Expedition (1872–1876) with the recent Tara Oceans expedition material (2009–2016). Nano CT-scans of selected equatorial Pacific Ocean planktonic foraminifera, have revealed that all modern specimens had up to 76% thinner shells than their historic counterparts. The “ Challenger Revisited” project highlights the potential of historic ocean collections as a tool to investigate ocean acidification since the early Industrial Revolution. Further analyses of such biotic archives will enable researchers to quantify the effects of anthropogenic climate change across the globe. |
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Quantifying the Effect of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Calcifying Plankton |
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Quantifying the Effect of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Calcifying Plankton |
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Quantifying the Effect of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Calcifying Plankton |
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Quantifying the Effect of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Calcifying Plankton |
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