Decadal trends in ocean acidification from the Ocean Weather Station M in the Norwegian Sea
The Ocean Weather Station M (OWSM) is situated at a fixed position in the Norwegian Sea, one of the major basins of the Nordic Seas, which represents an important area for uptake of atmospheric CO2 as well as deep water formation. At OWSM, the inorganic carbon cycle has been regularly monitored sinc...
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ftimr:oai:imr.brage.unit.no:11250/3017777 2023-05-15T17:24:23+02:00 Decadal trends in ocean acidification from the Ocean Weather Station M in the Norwegian Sea Skjelvan, Ingunn Lauvset, Siv Kari Johannessen, Truls Gundersen, Kjell Skagseth, Øystein 2022 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3017777 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2022.103775 eng eng Journal of Marine Systems. 2022, 234 1-13. urn:issn:0924-7963 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3017777 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2022.103775 cristin:2043526 1-13 234 Journal of Marine Systems Peer reviewed Journal article 2022 ftimr https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2022.103775 2022-09-21T22:42:14Z The Ocean Weather Station M (OWSM) is situated at a fixed position in the Norwegian Sea, one of the major basins of the Nordic Seas, which represents an important area for uptake of atmospheric CO2 as well as deep water formation. At OWSM, the inorganic carbon cycle has been regularly monitored since 2001, and significant interannual changes of the carbonate system have been determined. Data collected at this site since the 1990s have been included, and over the 28 last years the surface fugacity of CO2 (fCO2) has increased by 2.92 ± 0.37 μatm/yr, while surface pH and aragonite saturation (ΩAr) have decreased by -0.0033 ± 0.0005/yr and -0.018 ± 0.003/yr, respectively. This corresponds to a surface pH change of -0.092 over 28 years, which is comparable to the global mean pH decrease of -0.1 since the onset of the industrial revolution. Our estimates suggest that 80% of the surface pH trend at OWSM is driven by uptake of CO2 from the atmosphere. In the deepest layer, ΩAr has decreased significantly (-0.006 ± 0.001/yr) over the last 28 years, now occasionally reaching undersaturated values (ΩAr < 1). As a rough estimate, the saturation horizon has shoaled by 7 m/yr between 1994 and 2021. The increase in surface fCO2 is confirmed by semi-continuous measurements of CO2 from the site (2.69 ± 0.14 μatm/yr), and thus, the area has become less of a net sink for atmospheric CO2, taking into consideration an atmospheric CO2 increase at OWSM of 2.27 ± 0.08 μatm/yr. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Nordic Seas Norwegian Sea Ocean acidification Institute for Marine Research: Brage IMR Norwegian Sea Journal of Marine Systems 234 103775 |
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The Ocean Weather Station M (OWSM) is situated at a fixed position in the Norwegian Sea, one of the major basins of the Nordic Seas, which represents an important area for uptake of atmospheric CO2 as well as deep water formation. At OWSM, the inorganic carbon cycle has been regularly monitored since 2001, and significant interannual changes of the carbonate system have been determined. Data collected at this site since the 1990s have been included, and over the 28 last years the surface fugacity of CO2 (fCO2) has increased by 2.92 ± 0.37 μatm/yr, while surface pH and aragonite saturation (ΩAr) have decreased by -0.0033 ± 0.0005/yr and -0.018 ± 0.003/yr, respectively. This corresponds to a surface pH change of -0.092 over 28 years, which is comparable to the global mean pH decrease of -0.1 since the onset of the industrial revolution. Our estimates suggest that 80% of the surface pH trend at OWSM is driven by uptake of CO2 from the atmosphere. In the deepest layer, ΩAr has decreased significantly (-0.006 ± 0.001/yr) over the last 28 years, now occasionally reaching undersaturated values (ΩAr < 1). As a rough estimate, the saturation horizon has shoaled by 7 m/yr between 1994 and 2021. The increase in surface fCO2 is confirmed by semi-continuous measurements of CO2 from the site (2.69 ± 0.14 μatm/yr), and thus, the area has become less of a net sink for atmospheric CO2, taking into consideration an atmospheric CO2 increase at OWSM of 2.27 ± 0.08 μatm/yr. publishedVersion |
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Skjelvan, Ingunn Lauvset, Siv Kari Johannessen, Truls Gundersen, Kjell Skagseth, Øystein Decadal trends in ocean acidification from the Ocean Weather Station M in the Norwegian Sea |
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Skjelvan, Ingunn Lauvset, Siv Kari Johannessen, Truls Gundersen, Kjell Skagseth, Øystein |
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Decadal trends in ocean acidification from the Ocean Weather Station M in the Norwegian Sea |
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Decadal trends in ocean acidification from the Ocean Weather Station M in the Norwegian Sea |
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Decadal trends in ocean acidification from the Ocean Weather Station M in the Norwegian Sea |
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Decadal trends in ocean acidification from the Ocean Weather Station M in the Norwegian Sea |
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