The role of calcification in carbonate compensation

BP Boudreau, JJ Middelburg, Y Luo - Nature Geoscience, 2018 - nature.com
The long-term recovery of the oceans from present and past acidification is possible due to
neutralization by the dissolution of biogenic CaCO3 in bottom sediments, that is, carbonate …

Rapid ocean acidification and protracted Earth system recovery followed the end-Cretaceous Chicxulub impact

MJ Henehan, A Ridgwell, E Thomas… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Mass extinction at the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary coincides with the
Chicxulub bolide impact and also falls within the broader time frame of Deccan trap …

Marine Os isotopic evidence for multiple volcanic episodes during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 1b

H Matsumoto, J Kuroda, R Coccioni, F Frontalini… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Aptian–Albian boundary is marked by one of the major oceanic perturbations
during the Cretaceous, called Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE) 1b. Extensive volcanic episodes …

The effects of temperature, salinity, and the carbonate system on Mg/Ca in Globigerinoides ruber (white): A global sediment trap calibration

WR Gray, S Weldeab, DW Lea, Y Rosenthal… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mg/Ca of planktic foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber (white) is a widely applied
proxy for tropical and sub-tropical sea-surface temperature. The accuracy with which …

Quantifying the effect of anthropogenic climate change on calcifying plankton

L Fox, S Stukins, T Hill, CG Miller - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Widely regarded as an imminent threat to our oceans, ocean acidification has been
documented in all oceanic basins. Projected changes in seawater chemistry will have …

Assessing foraminifera biomineralisation models through trace element data of cultures under variable seawater chemistry

D Evans, W Müller, J Erez - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
The process by which foraminifera precipitate calcite from seawater has received much
attention, in part because a mechanistic basis for empirical calibrations between shell …

Lithium isotopic composition of benthic foraminifera: A new proxy for paleo-pH reconstruction

J Roberts, K Kaczmarek, G Langer, LC Skinner… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
The lithium isotopic composition of foraminifera is an established tracer of long-term
changes in the global silicate weathering cycle, following the assumption that foraminifera …

Vertical distribution of planktic foraminifera through an oxygen minimum zone: how assemblages and test morphology reflect oxygen concentrations

CV Davis, K Wishner, W Renema, PM Hull - Biogeosciences, 2021 - bg.copernicus.org
Oxygen-depleted regions of the global ocean are rapidly expanding, with important
implications for global biogeochemical cycles. However, our ability to make projections …

Enhanced Carbonate Counter Pump and upwelling strengths in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean during MIS 11

M Brandon, S Duchamp-Alphonse, E Michel… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
While numerous studies have highlighted the central role of Southern Ocean (SO) dynamics
in modulating rapid increases in atmospheric CO 2 concentrations during deglaciations …

Planktic foraminiferal test size and weight response to the late Pliocene environment

CL Todd, DN Schmidt, MM Robinson… - Paleoceanography …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric carbon dioxide (pCO2atm) is impacting the ocean and marine organisms
directly via changes in carbonate chemistry and indirectly via a range of changes in physical …