The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink
Several studies have suggested that the carbon sink in the Southern Ocean—the ocean’s strongest region for the uptake of anthropogenic CO2 —has weakened in recent decades. We demonstrated, on the basis of multidecadal analyses of surface ocean CO2 observations, that this weakening trend stopped arou...
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ftuniveastangl:oai:ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk:59471 2023-05-15T18:23:39+02:00 The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink Landschuetzer, Peter Gruber, Nicolas Haumann, F. Alexander Roedenbeck, Christian Bakker, Dorothee C. E. van Heuven, Steven Hoppema, Mario Metzl, Nicolas Sweeney, Colm Takahashi, Taro Tilbrook, Bronte Wanninkhof, Rik 2015-09-11 application/pdf https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/59471/ https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/59471/1/2015_Landschuetzer_et_al_Science_accepted.pdf https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aab2620 en eng https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/59471/1/2015_Landschuetzer_et_al_Science_accepted.pdf Landschuetzer, Peter, Gruber, Nicolas, Haumann, F. Alexander, Roedenbeck, Christian, Bakker, Dorothee C. E., van Heuven, Steven, Hoppema, Mario, Metzl, Nicolas, Sweeney, Colm, Takahashi, Taro, Tilbrook, Bronte and Wanninkhof, Rik (2015) The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink. Science, 349 (6253). pp. 1221-1224. ISSN 0036-8075 doi:10.1126/science.aab2620 Article PeerReviewed 2015 ftuniveastangl https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aab2620 2023-03-23T23:32:16Z Several studies have suggested that the carbon sink in the Southern Ocean—the ocean’s strongest region for the uptake of anthropogenic CO2 —has weakened in recent decades. We demonstrated, on the basis of multidecadal analyses of surface ocean CO2 observations, that this weakening trend stopped around 2002, and by 2012, the Southern Ocean had regained its expected strength based on the growth of atmospheric CO2. All three Southern Ocean sectors have contributed to this reinvigoration of the carbon sink, yet differences in the processes between sectors exist, related to a tendency toward a zonally more asymmetric atmospheric circulation. The large decadal variations in the Southern Ocean carbon sink suggest a rather dynamic ocean carbon cycle that varies more in time than previously recognized. Article in Journal/Newspaper Southern Ocean University of East Anglia: UEA Digital Repository Southern Ocean Science 349 6253 1221 1224 |
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Several studies have suggested that the carbon sink in the Southern Ocean—the ocean’s strongest region for the uptake of anthropogenic CO2 —has weakened in recent decades. We demonstrated, on the basis of multidecadal analyses of surface ocean CO2 observations, that this weakening trend stopped around 2002, and by 2012, the Southern Ocean had regained its expected strength based on the growth of atmospheric CO2. All three Southern Ocean sectors have contributed to this reinvigoration of the carbon sink, yet differences in the processes between sectors exist, related to a tendency toward a zonally more asymmetric atmospheric circulation. The large decadal variations in the Southern Ocean carbon sink suggest a rather dynamic ocean carbon cycle that varies more in time than previously recognized. |
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Landschuetzer, Peter Gruber, Nicolas Haumann, F. Alexander Roedenbeck, Christian Bakker, Dorothee C. E. van Heuven, Steven Hoppema, Mario Metzl, Nicolas Sweeney, Colm Takahashi, Taro Tilbrook, Bronte Wanninkhof, Rik |
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Landschuetzer, Peter Gruber, Nicolas Haumann, F. Alexander Roedenbeck, Christian Bakker, Dorothee C. E. van Heuven, Steven Hoppema, Mario Metzl, Nicolas Sweeney, Colm Takahashi, Taro Tilbrook, Bronte Wanninkhof, Rik The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink |
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The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink |
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The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink |
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https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/59471/1/2015_Landschuetzer_et_al_Science_accepted.pdf Landschuetzer, Peter, Gruber, Nicolas, Haumann, F. Alexander, Roedenbeck, Christian, Bakker, Dorothee C. E., van Heuven, Steven, Hoppema, Mario, Metzl, Nicolas, Sweeney, Colm, Takahashi, Taro, Tilbrook, Bronte and Wanninkhof, Rik (2015) The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink. Science, 349 (6253). pp. 1221-1224. ISSN 0036-8075 doi:10.1126/science.aab2620 |
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