Southern Ocean carbon sink enhanced by sea-ice feedbacks at the Antarctic Cold Reversal
The Southern Ocean occupies 14% of the Earths surface and plays a fundamental role in the global carbon cycle and climate. It provides a direct connection to the deep ocean carbon reservoir through biogeochemical processes that include surface primary productivity, remineralization at depth and the...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:139595 2023-05-15T13:59:46+02:00 Southern Ocean carbon sink enhanced by sea-ice feedbacks at the Antarctic Cold Reversal Fogwill, CJ Turney, CSM Menviel, L Baker, A Weber, ME Ellis, B Thomas, ZA Golledge, NR Etheridge, D Rubino, M Thornton, DP van Ommen, TD Moy, AD Curran, MAJ Davies, S Bird, MI Munksgaard, NC Rootes, CM Millman, H Vohra, J Rivera, A Macintosh, A Pike, J Hall, IR Bagshaw, EA Rainsley, E Bronk-Ramsey, C Montenari, M Cage, AG Harris, MRP Jones, R Power, A Love, J Young, J Weyrich, LS Cooper, A 2020 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0587-0 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/139595 en eng Nature Publishing Group http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0587-0 Fogwill, CJ and Turney, CSM and Menviel, L and Baker, A and Weber, ME and Ellis, B and Thomas, ZA and Golledge, NR and Etheridge, D and Rubino, M and Thornton, DP and van Ommen, TD and Moy, AD and Curran, MAJ and Davies, S and Bird, MI and Munksgaard, NC and Rootes, CM and Millman, H and Vohra, J and Rivera, A and Macintosh, A and Pike, J and Hall, IR and Bagshaw, EA and Rainsley, E and Bronk-Ramsey, C and Montenari, M and Cage, AG and Harris, MRP and Jones, R and Power, A and Love, J and Young, J and Weyrich, LS and Cooper, A, Southern Ocean carbon sink enhanced by sea-ice feedbacks at the Antarctic Cold Reversal, Nature Geoscience, 13 pp. 489-497. ISSN 1752-0894 (2020) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/139595 Earth Sciences Physical geography and environmental geoscience Palaeoclimatology Refereed Article PeerReviewed 2020 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0587-0 2021-02-08T23:16:49Z The Southern Ocean occupies 14% of the Earths surface and plays a fundamental role in the global carbon cycle and climate. It provides a direct connection to the deep ocean carbon reservoir through biogeochemical processes that include surface primary productivity, remineralization at depth and the upwelling of carbon-rich water masses. However, the role of these different processes in modulating past and future airsea carbon flux remains poorly understood. A key period in this regard is the Antarctic Cold Reversal (ACR, 14.612.7 kyr bp ), when mid- to high-latitude Southern Hemisphere cooling coincided with a sustained plateau in the global deglacial increase in atmospheric CO 2 . Here we reconstruct high-latitude Southern Ocean surface productivity from marine-derived aerosols captured in a highly resolved horizontal ice core. Our multiproxy reconstruction reveals a sustained signal of enhanced marine productivity across the ACR. Transient climate modelling indicates this period coincided with maximum seasonal variability in sea-ice extent, implying that sea-ice biological feedbacks enhanced CO 2 sequestration and created a substantial regional marine carbon sink, which contributed to the plateau in CO 2 during the ACR. Our results highlight the role Antarctic sea ice plays in controlling global CO 2 , and demonstrate the need to incorporate such feedbacks into climatecarbon models. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic ice core Sea ice Southern Ocean eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Nature Geoscience 13 7 489 497 |
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Earth Sciences Physical geography and environmental geoscience Palaeoclimatology Fogwill, CJ Turney, CSM Menviel, L Baker, A Weber, ME Ellis, B Thomas, ZA Golledge, NR Etheridge, D Rubino, M Thornton, DP van Ommen, TD Moy, AD Curran, MAJ Davies, S Bird, MI Munksgaard, NC Rootes, CM Millman, H Vohra, J Rivera, A Macintosh, A Pike, J Hall, IR Bagshaw, EA Rainsley, E Bronk-Ramsey, C Montenari, M Cage, AG Harris, MRP Jones, R Power, A Love, J Young, J Weyrich, LS Cooper, A Southern Ocean carbon sink enhanced by sea-ice feedbacks at the Antarctic Cold Reversal |
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The Southern Ocean occupies 14% of the Earths surface and plays a fundamental role in the global carbon cycle and climate. It provides a direct connection to the deep ocean carbon reservoir through biogeochemical processes that include surface primary productivity, remineralization at depth and the upwelling of carbon-rich water masses. However, the role of these different processes in modulating past and future airsea carbon flux remains poorly understood. A key period in this regard is the Antarctic Cold Reversal (ACR, 14.612.7 kyr bp ), when mid- to high-latitude Southern Hemisphere cooling coincided with a sustained plateau in the global deglacial increase in atmospheric CO 2 . Here we reconstruct high-latitude Southern Ocean surface productivity from marine-derived aerosols captured in a highly resolved horizontal ice core. Our multiproxy reconstruction reveals a sustained signal of enhanced marine productivity across the ACR. Transient climate modelling indicates this period coincided with maximum seasonal variability in sea-ice extent, implying that sea-ice biological feedbacks enhanced CO 2 sequestration and created a substantial regional marine carbon sink, which contributed to the plateau in CO 2 during the ACR. Our results highlight the role Antarctic sea ice plays in controlling global CO 2 , and demonstrate the need to incorporate such feedbacks into climatecarbon models. |
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Fogwill, CJ Turney, CSM Menviel, L Baker, A Weber, ME Ellis, B Thomas, ZA Golledge, NR Etheridge, D Rubino, M Thornton, DP van Ommen, TD Moy, AD Curran, MAJ Davies, S Bird, MI Munksgaard, NC Rootes, CM Millman, H Vohra, J Rivera, A Macintosh, A Pike, J Hall, IR Bagshaw, EA Rainsley, E Bronk-Ramsey, C Montenari, M Cage, AG Harris, MRP Jones, R Power, A Love, J Young, J Weyrich, LS Cooper, A |
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Fogwill, CJ Turney, CSM Menviel, L Baker, A Weber, ME Ellis, B Thomas, ZA Golledge, NR Etheridge, D Rubino, M Thornton, DP van Ommen, TD Moy, AD Curran, MAJ Davies, S Bird, MI Munksgaard, NC Rootes, CM Millman, H Vohra, J Rivera, A Macintosh, A Pike, J Hall, IR Bagshaw, EA Rainsley, E Bronk-Ramsey, C Montenari, M Cage, AG Harris, MRP Jones, R Power, A Love, J Young, J Weyrich, LS Cooper, A |
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Southern Ocean carbon sink enhanced by sea-ice feedbacks at the Antarctic Cold Reversal |
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Southern Ocean carbon sink enhanced by sea-ice feedbacks at the Antarctic Cold Reversal |
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Southern Ocean carbon sink enhanced by sea-ice feedbacks at the Antarctic Cold Reversal |
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Southern Ocean carbon sink enhanced by sea-ice feedbacks at the Antarctic Cold Reversal |
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Southern Ocean carbon sink enhanced by sea-ice feedbacks at the Antarctic Cold Reversal |
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southern ocean carbon sink enhanced by sea-ice feedbacks at the antarctic cold reversal |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0587-0 Fogwill, CJ and Turney, CSM and Menviel, L and Baker, A and Weber, ME and Ellis, B and Thomas, ZA and Golledge, NR and Etheridge, D and Rubino, M and Thornton, DP and van Ommen, TD and Moy, AD and Curran, MAJ and Davies, S and Bird, MI and Munksgaard, NC and Rootes, CM and Millman, H and Vohra, J and Rivera, A and Macintosh, A and Pike, J and Hall, IR and Bagshaw, EA and Rainsley, E and Bronk-Ramsey, C and Montenari, M and Cage, AG and Harris, MRP and Jones, R and Power, A and Love, J and Young, J and Weyrich, LS and Cooper, A, Southern Ocean carbon sink enhanced by sea-ice feedbacks at the Antarctic Cold Reversal, Nature Geoscience, 13 pp. 489-497. ISSN 1752-0894 (2020) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/139595 |
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