Storms drive outgassing of CO2 in the subpolar Southern Ocean

Storms dominate the subpolar Southern Ocean, where upwelling CO2 drives outgassing that impacts global CO2 budget, yet how storms modify this outgassing is unknown. Here, the authors present coupled atmosphere-ocean observations to show how storm-driven ocean mixing and circulation cause substantial...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Sarah-Anne Nicholson, Daniel B. Whitt, Ilker Fer, Marcel D. du Plessis, Alice D. Lebéhot, Sebastiaan Swart, Adrienne J. Sutton, Pedro M. S. Monteiro
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
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Science
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Southern Ocean
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27780-w
https://doaj.org/article/be39469d2311494684c7725436c5cd50
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Summary:Storms dominate the subpolar Southern Ocean, where upwelling CO2 drives outgassing that impacts global CO2 budget, yet how storms modify this outgassing is unknown. Here, the authors present coupled atmosphere-ocean observations to show how storm-driven ocean mixing and circulation cause substantial CO2 variability and outgassing.

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