Historical reconstruction of ocean acidification in the Australian region
The ocean has become more acidic over the last 200 years in response increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. Documenting how the ocean has changed is critical for assessing how these changes impact marine ecosystems and for the management of marine resources. Here we use present-day ocea...
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ftarchimer:oai:archimer.ifremer.fr:49426 2023-05-15T17:50:13+02:00 Historical reconstruction of ocean acidification in the Australian region Lenton, Andrew Tilbrook, Bronte Matear, Richard J. Sasse, Tristan P. Nojiri, Yukihiro 2016 application/pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00383/49426/49851.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1753-2016 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00383/49426/ eng eng Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00383/49426/49851.pdf doi:10.5194/bg-13-1753-2016 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00383/49426/ Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess restricted use CC-BY Biogeosciences (1726-4170) (Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh), 2016 , Vol. 13 , N. 6 , P. 1753-1765 text Publication info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2016 ftarchimer https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1753-2016 2021-09-23T20:29:28Z The ocean has become more acidic over the last 200 years in response increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. Documenting how the ocean has changed is critical for assessing how these changes impact marine ecosystems and for the management of marine resources. Here we use present-day ocean carbon observations, from shelf and offshore waters around Australia, combined with neural network mapping of CO2, sea surface temperature, and salinity to estimate the current seasonal and regional distributions of carbonate chemistry (pH and aragonite saturation state). The observed changes in atmospheric CO2 and sea surface temperature (SST) and climatological salinity are then used to reconstruct pH and aragonite saturation state changes over the last 140 years (1870-2013). The comparison with data collected at Integrated Marine Observing System National Reference Station sites located on the shelf around Australia shows that both the mean state and seasonality in the present day are well represented, with the exception of sites such as the Great Barrier Reef. Our reconstruction predicts that since 1870 decrease in aragonite saturation state of 0.48 and of 0.09 in pH has occurred in response to increasing oceanic uptake of atmospheric CO2. Large seasonal variability in pH and aragonite saturation state occur in southwestern Australia driven by ocean dynamics (mixing) and in the Tasman Sea by seasonal warming (in the case of the aragonite saturation state). The seasonal and historical changes in aragonite saturation state and pH have different spatial patterns and suggest that the biological responses to ocean acidification are likely to be non-uniform depending on the relative sensitivity of organisms to shifts in pH and saturation state. This new historical reconstruction provides an important link to biological observations that will help to elucidate the consequences of ocean acidification. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification Archimer (Archive Institutionnelle de l'Ifremer - Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer) Biogeosciences 13 6 1753 1765 |
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The ocean has become more acidic over the last 200 years in response increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. Documenting how the ocean has changed is critical for assessing how these changes impact marine ecosystems and for the management of marine resources. Here we use present-day ocean carbon observations, from shelf and offshore waters around Australia, combined with neural network mapping of CO2, sea surface temperature, and salinity to estimate the current seasonal and regional distributions of carbonate chemistry (pH and aragonite saturation state). The observed changes in atmospheric CO2 and sea surface temperature (SST) and climatological salinity are then used to reconstruct pH and aragonite saturation state changes over the last 140 years (1870-2013). The comparison with data collected at Integrated Marine Observing System National Reference Station sites located on the shelf around Australia shows that both the mean state and seasonality in the present day are well represented, with the exception of sites such as the Great Barrier Reef. Our reconstruction predicts that since 1870 decrease in aragonite saturation state of 0.48 and of 0.09 in pH has occurred in response to increasing oceanic uptake of atmospheric CO2. Large seasonal variability in pH and aragonite saturation state occur in southwestern Australia driven by ocean dynamics (mixing) and in the Tasman Sea by seasonal warming (in the case of the aragonite saturation state). The seasonal and historical changes in aragonite saturation state and pH have different spatial patterns and suggest that the biological responses to ocean acidification are likely to be non-uniform depending on the relative sensitivity of organisms to shifts in pH and saturation state. This new historical reconstruction provides an important link to biological observations that will help to elucidate the consequences of ocean acidification. |
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Lenton, Andrew Tilbrook, Bronte Matear, Richard J. Sasse, Tristan P. Nojiri, Yukihiro Historical reconstruction of ocean acidification in the Australian region |
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Lenton, Andrew Tilbrook, Bronte Matear, Richard J. Sasse, Tristan P. Nojiri, Yukihiro |
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Historical reconstruction of ocean acidification in the Australian region |
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Historical reconstruction of ocean acidification in the Australian region |
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Historical reconstruction of ocean acidification in the Australian region |
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