Stratospheric ozone depletion reduces ocean carbon uptake and enhances ocean acidification
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| Date | 2009-06 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Lenton Andrew1, Codron Francis2, Bopp Laurent3, Metzl Nicolas1, Cadule Patricia3, Tagliabue Alessandro3, Le Sommer Julien4 | ||||||||
| Affiliation(s) | 1 : UPMC, LOCEAN, IPSL, MHNH,IRD,CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France. 2 : UPMC, LMD, IPSL, X,ENS,CNRS, F-75252 Paris, France. 3 : UVSQ, CNRS, CEA, IPSL,LSCE, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France. 4 : UJF, INPG, CNRS, LEGI, F-38041 Grenoble, France. |
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| Source | Geophysical Research Letters (0094-8276) (Amer Geophysical Union), 2009-06 , Vol. 36 , N. L12606 , P. 1-5 | ||||||||
| DOI | 10.1029/2009GL038227 | ||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 85 | ||||||||
| Keyword(s) | CO2 uptake, stratospheric ozone depletion, acidification | ||||||||
| Abstract | Observational and atmospheric inversion studies find that the strength of the Southern Ocean carbon dioxide (CO2) sink is not increasing, despite rising atmospheric CO2. However, this is yet to be captured by contemporary coupled-climate-carbon-models used to predict future climate. We show that by accounting for stratospheric ozone depletion in a coupled-climate-carbon-model, the ventilation of carbon rich deep water is enhanced through stronger winds, increasing surface water CO2 at a rate in good agreement with observed trends. We find that Southern Ocean uptake is reduced by 2.47 PgC (1987-2004) and is consistent with atmospheric inversion studies. The enhanced ventilation also accelerates ocean acidification, despite lesser Southern Ocean CO2 uptake. Our results link two important anthropogenic changes: stratospheric ozone depletion and greenhouse gas increases; and suggest that studies of future climate that neglect stratospheric ozone depletion likely overestimate regional and global oceanic CO2 uptake and underestimate the impact of ocean acidification. | ||||||||
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