Optimising reef-scale CO2 removal by seaweed to buffer ocean acidification

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Mathieu Mongin, Mark E Baird, Scott Hadley, Andrew Lenton
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2016
• Subjects: ocean acidfication; carbonate chemistry; marine management; coral reef; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Heron Island; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034023; https://doaj.org/article/4dd7d39bc81148d4afab82e36577dfe9

The equilibration of rising atmospheric ${\mathrm{CO}}_{2}$ with the ocean is lowering $\mathrm{pH}$ in tropical waters by about 0.01 every decade. Coral reefs and the ecosystems they support are regarded as one of the most vulnerable ecosystems to ocean acidification, threatening their long-term vi...