The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink
Several studies have suggested that the carbon sink in the Southern Ocean—the ocean’s strongest region for the uptake of anthropogenic CO2—has weakened in recent decades. We demonstrated, on the basis of multidecadal analyses of surface ocean CO2 observations, that this weakening trend stopped aroun...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:38727 2023-05-15T18:23:39+02:00 The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink Landschuetzer, P. Gruber, N. Haumann, F. A. Rodenbeck, C. Bakker, D. C. E. van Heuven, S. Hoppema, M. Metzl, N. Sweeney, C. Takahashi, T. Tilbrook, B. Wanninkhof, R. 2015-09-11 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/38727/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/38727/1/manuscript_with_figures_aab2620.pdf https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aab2620 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.46019 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.46019.d001 unknown https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/38727/1/manuscript_with_figures_aab2620.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.46019.d001 Landschuetzer, P. , Gruber, N. , Haumann, F. A. , Rodenbeck, C. , Bakker, D. C. E. , van Heuven, S. , Hoppema, M. orcid:0000-0002-2326-619X , Metzl, N. , Sweeney, C. , Takahashi, T. , Tilbrook, B. and Wanninkhof, R. (2015) The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink , Science, 349 (6253), pp. 1221-1224 . doi:10.1126/science.aab2620 <https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aab2620> , hdl:10013/epic.46019 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess EPIC3Science, 349(6253), pp. 1221-1224, ISSN: 0036-8075 Article isiRev info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2015 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aab2620 2021-12-24T15:40:45Z Several studies have suggested that the carbon sink in the Southern Ocean—the ocean’s strongest region for the uptake of anthropogenic CO2—has weakened in recent decades. We demonstrated, on the basis of multidecadal analyses of surface ocean CO2 observations, that this weakening trend stopped around 2002, and by 2012 the Southern Ocean had regained its expected strength based on the growth of atmospheric CO2. All three Southern Ocean sectors have contributed to this reinvigoration of the carbon sink, yet differences in the processes between sectors exist, related to a tendency toward a zonally more asymmetric atmospheric circulation. The large decadal variations in the Southern Ocean carbon sink suggest a rather dynamic ocean carbon cycle that varies more in time than previously recognized. Article in Journal/Newspaper Southern Ocean Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Southern Ocean Science 349 6253 1221 1224 |
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Several studies have suggested that the carbon sink in the Southern Ocean—the ocean’s strongest region for the uptake of anthropogenic CO2—has weakened in recent decades. We demonstrated, on the basis of multidecadal analyses of surface ocean CO2 observations, that this weakening trend stopped around 2002, and by 2012 the Southern Ocean had regained its expected strength based on the growth of atmospheric CO2. All three Southern Ocean sectors have contributed to this reinvigoration of the carbon sink, yet differences in the processes between sectors exist, related to a tendency toward a zonally more asymmetric atmospheric circulation. The large decadal variations in the Southern Ocean carbon sink suggest a rather dynamic ocean carbon cycle that varies more in time than previously recognized. |
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Landschuetzer, P. Gruber, N. Haumann, F. A. Rodenbeck, C. Bakker, D. C. E. van Heuven, S. Hoppema, M. Metzl, N. Sweeney, C. Takahashi, T. Tilbrook, B. Wanninkhof, R. |
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Landschuetzer, P. Gruber, N. Haumann, F. A. Rodenbeck, C. Bakker, D. C. E. van Heuven, S. Hoppema, M. Metzl, N. Sweeney, C. Takahashi, T. Tilbrook, B. Wanninkhof, R. The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink |
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The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink |
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The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/38727/1/manuscript_with_figures_aab2620.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.46019.d001 Landschuetzer, P. , Gruber, N. , Haumann, F. A. , Rodenbeck, C. , Bakker, D. C. E. , van Heuven, S. , Hoppema, M. orcid:0000-0002-2326-619X , Metzl, N. , Sweeney, C. , Takahashi, T. , Tilbrook, B. and Wanninkhof, R. (2015) The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink , Science, 349 (6253), pp. 1221-1224 . doi:10.1126/science.aab2620 <https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aab2620> , hdl:10013/epic.46019 |
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