Optimising reef-scale CO2 removal by seaweed to buffer ocean acidification

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Mongin, M, Baird, ME, Hadley, S, Lenton, A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. 2016
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Chemical Oceanography; Heron Island; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034023; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/118105

The equilibration of rising atmospheric CO 2 with the ocean is lowering pH in tropical waters by about 0.01 every decade. Coral reefs and the ecosystems they support are regarded as one of the most vulnerable ecosystems to ocean acidification, threatening their long-term viability. In response to th...