Alkalinity responses to climate warming destabilise the Earth’s thermostat

The weathering alkalinity flux from mid-latitudes to the ocean will be strongly altered by climate warming by 2100. Under different emissions scenarios either a strengthening or a weakening of the flux and thus of the oceanic CO2 buffer is predicted.

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Main Authors: Nele Lehmann, Tobias Stacke, Sebastian Lehmann, Hugues Lantuit, John Gosse, Chantal Mears, Jens Hartmann, Helmuth Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37165-w
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description The weathering alkalinity flux from mid-latitudes to the ocean will be strongly altered by climate warming by 2100. Under different emissions scenarios either a strengthening or a weakening of the flux and thus of the oceanic CO2 buffer is predicted.
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spelling doaj.art-f4456a7db2d0497389d8f4179c2d25032023-03-26T11:14:00ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232023-03-0114111210.1038/s41467-023-37165-wAlkalinity responses to climate warming destabilise the Earth’s thermostatNele Lehmann0Tobias Stacke1Sebastian LehmannHugues Lantuit2John Gosse3Chantal Mears4Jens Hartmann5Helmuth Thomas6Institute of Carbon Cycles, Helmholtz-Zentrum HereonInstitute of Carbon Cycles, Helmholtz-Zentrum HereonAlfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine ResearchDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie UniversityInstitute of Carbon Cycles, Helmholtz-Zentrum HereonInstitute for Geology, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), University HamburgInstitute of Carbon Cycles, Helmholtz-Zentrum HereonThe weathering alkalinity flux from mid-latitudes to the ocean will be strongly altered by climate warming by 2100. Under different emissions scenarios either a strengthening or a weakening of the flux and thus of the oceanic CO2 buffer is predicted.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37165-w
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Alkalinity responses to climate warming destabilise the Earth’s thermostat
Nature Communications
title Alkalinity responses to climate warming destabilise the Earth’s thermostat
title_full Alkalinity responses to climate warming destabilise the Earth’s thermostat
title_fullStr Alkalinity responses to climate warming destabilise the Earth’s thermostat
title_full_unstemmed Alkalinity responses to climate warming destabilise the Earth’s thermostat
title_short Alkalinity responses to climate warming destabilise the Earth’s thermostat
title_sort alkalinity responses to climate warming destabilise the earth s thermostat
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