Impacts of the Oceans on Climate Change
The oceans play a key role in climate regulation especially in part buffering (neutralising) the effects of increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and rising global temperatures. This chapter examines how the regulatory processes performed by the oceans alter as a response to climat...
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ftplymouthml:oai:plymsea.ac.uk:5912 2023-05-15T15:16:11+02:00 Impacts of the Oceans on Climate Change Reid, Philip C. Fischer, Astrid C. Lewis-Brown, Emily Meredith, Michael P. Sparrow, Mike Andersson, Andreas J. Antia, Avan Bates, Nicholas R. Bathmann, Ulrich Beaugrand, Gregory Brix, Holger Dye, Stephen Edwards, Martin Furevik, Tore Gangstø, Reidun Hátún, Hjálmar Hopcroft, Russell R. Kendall, Mike Kasten, Sabine Keeling, Ralph Quéré, Corinne Le Mackenzie, Fred T. Malin, Gill Mauritzen, Cecilie Ólafsson, Jón Paull, Charlie Rignot, Eric Shimada, Koji Vogt, Meike Wallace, Craig Wang, Zhaomin Washington, Richard 2009 http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/5912/ unknown Burlington: Academic Press Reid, Philip C.; Fischer, Astrid C.; Lewis-Brown, Emily; Meredith, Michael P.; Sparrow, Mike; Andersson, Andreas J.; Antia, Avan; Bates, Nicholas R.; Bathmann, Ulrich; Beaugrand, Gregory; Brix, Holger; Dye, Stephen; Edwards, Martin; Furevik, Tore; Gangstø, Reidun; Hátún, Hjálmar; Hopcroft, Russell R.; Kendall, Mike; Kasten, Sabine; Keeling, Ralph; Quéré, Corinne Le; Mackenzie, Fred T.; Malin, Gill; Mauritzen, Cecilie; Ólafsson, Jón; Paull, Charlie; Rignot, Eric; Shimada, Koji; Vogt, Meike; Wallace, Craig; Wang, Zhaomin; Washington, Richard, eds. 2009 Impacts of the Oceans on Climate Change. Burlington: Academic Press, 1pp. (Advances in Marine Biology, 56). Publication - Book NonPeerReviewed 2009 ftplymouthml 2022-09-13T05:48:28Z The oceans play a key role in climate regulation especially in part buffering (neutralising) the effects of increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and rising global temperatures. This chapter examines how the regulatory processes performed by the oceans alter as a response to climate change and assesses the extent to which positive feedbacks from the ocean may exacerbate climate change. There is clear evidence for rapid change in the oceans. As the main heat store for the world there has been an accelerating change in sea temperatures over the last few decades, which has contributed to rising sea‐level. The oceans are also the main store of carbon dioxide (CO2), and are estimated to have taken up ∼40% of anthropogenic-sourced CO2 from the atmosphere since the beginning of the industrial revolution. A proportion of the carbon uptake is exported via the four ocean ‘carbon pumps’ (Solubility, Biological, Continental Shelf and Carbonate Counter) to the deep ocean reservoir. Increases in sea temperature and changing planktonic systems and ocean currents may lead to a reduction in the uptake of CO2 by the ocean; some evidence suggests a suppression of parts of the marine carbon sink is already underway. While the oceans have buffered climate change through the uptake of CO2 produced by fossil fuel burning this has already had an impact on ocean chemistry through ocean acidification and will continue to do so. Feedbacks to climate change from acidification may result from expected impacts on marine organisms (especially corals and calcareous plankton), ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles. The polar regions of the world are showing the most rapid responses to climate change. As a result of a strong ice–ocean influence, small changes in temperature, salinity and ice cover may trigger large and sudden changes in regional climate with potential downstream feedbacks to the climate of the rest of the world. A warming Arctic Ocean may lead to further releases of the potent greenhouse gas methane from ... Text Arctic Arctic Ocean Climate change Ocean acidification Plymouth Marine Science Electronic Archive (PlyMSEA - Plymouth Marine Laboratory, PML) Arctic Arctic Ocean |
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The oceans play a key role in climate regulation especially in part buffering (neutralising) the effects of increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and rising global temperatures. This chapter examines how the regulatory processes performed by the oceans alter as a response to climate change and assesses the extent to which positive feedbacks from the ocean may exacerbate climate change. There is clear evidence for rapid change in the oceans. As the main heat store for the world there has been an accelerating change in sea temperatures over the last few decades, which has contributed to rising sea‐level. The oceans are also the main store of carbon dioxide (CO2), and are estimated to have taken up ∼40% of anthropogenic-sourced CO2 from the atmosphere since the beginning of the industrial revolution. A proportion of the carbon uptake is exported via the four ocean ‘carbon pumps’ (Solubility, Biological, Continental Shelf and Carbonate Counter) to the deep ocean reservoir. Increases in sea temperature and changing planktonic systems and ocean currents may lead to a reduction in the uptake of CO2 by the ocean; some evidence suggests a suppression of parts of the marine carbon sink is already underway. While the oceans have buffered climate change through the uptake of CO2 produced by fossil fuel burning this has already had an impact on ocean chemistry through ocean acidification and will continue to do so. Feedbacks to climate change from acidification may result from expected impacts on marine organisms (especially corals and calcareous plankton), ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles. The polar regions of the world are showing the most rapid responses to climate change. As a result of a strong ice–ocean influence, small changes in temperature, salinity and ice cover may trigger large and sudden changes in regional climate with potential downstream feedbacks to the climate of the rest of the world. A warming Arctic Ocean may lead to further releases of the potent greenhouse gas methane from ... |
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Reid, Philip C. Fischer, Astrid C. Lewis-Brown, Emily Meredith, Michael P. Sparrow, Mike Andersson, Andreas J. Antia, Avan Bates, Nicholas R. Bathmann, Ulrich Beaugrand, Gregory Brix, Holger Dye, Stephen Edwards, Martin Furevik, Tore Gangstø, Reidun Hátún, Hjálmar Hopcroft, Russell R. Kendall, Mike Kasten, Sabine Keeling, Ralph Quéré, Corinne Le Mackenzie, Fred T. Malin, Gill Mauritzen, Cecilie Ólafsson, Jón Paull, Charlie Rignot, Eric Shimada, Koji Vogt, Meike Wallace, Craig Wang, Zhaomin Washington, Richard |
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Reid, Philip C.; Fischer, Astrid C.; Lewis-Brown, Emily; Meredith, Michael P.; Sparrow, Mike; Andersson, Andreas J.; Antia, Avan; Bates, Nicholas R.; Bathmann, Ulrich; Beaugrand, Gregory; Brix, Holger; Dye, Stephen; Edwards, Martin; Furevik, Tore; Gangstø, Reidun; Hátún, Hjálmar; Hopcroft, Russell R.; Kendall, Mike; Kasten, Sabine; Keeling, Ralph; Quéré, Corinne Le; Mackenzie, Fred T.; Malin, Gill; Mauritzen, Cecilie; Ólafsson, Jón; Paull, Charlie; Rignot, Eric; Shimada, Koji; Vogt, Meike; Wallace, Craig; Wang, Zhaomin; Washington, Richard, eds. 2009 Impacts of the Oceans on Climate Change. Burlington: Academic Press, 1pp. (Advances in Marine Biology, 56). |
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