Acceleration of ocean warming, salinification, deoxygenation and acidification in the surface subtropical North Atlantic Ocean

Carbon dioxide concentrations and ocean acidification in the subtropical surface Atlantic Ocean increased fastest during the two decades of weakest atmospheric carbon dioxide level increases, according to an analysis of observations at two open-ocean hydrographic stations.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Communications Earth & Environment
Main Authors: Nicholas Robert Bates, Rodney J. Johnson
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
Subjects:
geo
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00030-5
https://doaj.org/article/799805def357496d9f9b88d7f441c947
Description
Summary:Carbon dioxide concentrations and ocean acidification in the subtropical surface Atlantic Ocean increased fastest during the two decades of weakest atmospheric carbon dioxide level increases, according to an analysis of observations at two open-ocean hydrographic stations.