Continental shelves as a variable but increasing global sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide
It remains unclear whether surface water partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) in continental shelves tracks with increasing atmospheric pCO2. Here, the authors show that pCO2 in shelf waters lags behind rising atmospheric CO2 in a number of shelf regions, suggesting shelf uptake of atmospheric CO2.
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| author | Goulven G. Laruelle Wei-Jun Cai Xinping Hu Nicolas Gruber Fred T. Mackenzie Pierre Regnier |
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| description | It remains unclear whether surface water partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) in continental shelves tracks with increasing atmospheric pCO2. Here, the authors show that pCO2 in shelf waters lags behind rising atmospheric CO2 in a number of shelf regions, suggesting shelf uptake of atmospheric CO2. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08915f5704d343119b740a243e2117352022-12-21T22:55:04ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232018-01-019111110.1038/s41467-017-02738-zContinental shelves as a variable but increasing global sink for atmospheric carbon dioxideGoulven G. Laruelle0Wei-Jun Cai1Xinping Hu2Nicolas Gruber3Fred T. Mackenzie4Pierre Regnier5Department of Geoscience, Environment & Society, Université Libre de BruxellesSchool of Marine Science and Policy, University of DelawareDepartment of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Texas A&M University—Corpus ChristiInstitute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH ZurichDepartment of Oceanography, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at ManoaDepartment of Geoscience, Environment & Society, Université Libre de BruxellesIt remains unclear whether surface water partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) in continental shelves tracks with increasing atmospheric pCO2. Here, the authors show that pCO2 in shelf waters lags behind rising atmospheric CO2 in a number of shelf regions, suggesting shelf uptake of atmospheric CO2.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02738-z |
| spellingShingle | Goulven G. Laruelle Wei-Jun Cai Xinping Hu Nicolas Gruber Fred T. Mackenzie Pierre Regnier Continental shelves as a variable but increasing global sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide Nature Communications |
| title | Continental shelves as a variable but increasing global sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide |
| title_full | Continental shelves as a variable but increasing global sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide |
| title_fullStr | Continental shelves as a variable but increasing global sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide |
| title_full_unstemmed | Continental shelves as a variable but increasing global sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide |
| title_short | Continental shelves as a variable but increasing global sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide |
| title_sort | continental shelves as a variable but increasing global sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02738-z |
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