Air–sea CO2 exchange and ocean acidification in UK seas and adjacent waters

• Main Authors: Humphreys, MP, Artioli, Y, Bakker, DCE, Hartman, SE, León, P, Wakelin, S, Walsham, P, Williamson, P
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: MCCIP Science Review 2020 2020
• Subjects: Williamson; North Atlantic; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/8882/; https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/8882/1/03_ocean_acidification_2020.pdf; https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/73767; https://doi.org/10.14465/2020.arc03.oac

Ongoing anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere are driving a net flux of CO2 into the ocean globally, resulting in a decline in pH called ‘ocean acidification’. Here, we discuss the consequences of this for the seas surrounding the UK from a chemical perspective, focussi...