The four-dimensional carbon cycle of the Southern Ocean

AR Gray - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The Southern Ocean plays a fundamental role in the global carbon cycle, dominating the
oceanic uptake of heat and carbon added by anthropogenic activities and modulating …

[HTML][HTML] The Southern Ocean carbon and climate observations and modeling (SOCCOM) project: A review

JL Sarmiento, KS Johnson, LA Arteaga… - Progress in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Southern Ocean serves as the primary gateway through which the
intermediate, deep, and bottom waters of the ocean interact with the surface ocean (and thus …

Direct observational evidence of strong CO2 uptake in the Southern Ocean

Y Dong, DCE Bakker, TG Bell, M Yang… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The Southern Ocean is the primary region for the uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide
(CO2) and is, therefore, crucial for Earth's climate. However, the Southern Ocean CO2 flux …

Widespread use of proton-pumping rhodopsin in Antarctic phytoplankton

SM Andrew, CM Moreno, K Plumb… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Photosynthetic carbon (C) fixation by phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean (SO) plays a
critical role in regulating air–sea exchange of carbon dioxide and thus global climate. In the …

The Southern Ocean carbon cycle 1985–2018: Mean, seasonal cycle, trends, and storage

J Hauck, L Gregor, C Nissen, L Patara… - Global …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We assess the Southern Ocean CO2 uptake (1985–2018) using data sets gathered
in the REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes Project Phase 2. The Southern …

Biogenic carbon pool production maintains the Southern Ocean carbon sink

Y Huang, AJ Fassbender… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Through biological activity, marine dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) is transformed into
different types of biogenic carbon available for export to the ocean interior, including …

Re-organization of Pacific overturning circulation across the Miocene Climate Optimum

A Holbourn, W Kuhnt, DK Kulhanek, G Mountain… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The response of the ocean overturning circulation to global warming remains controversial.
Here, we integrate a multiproxy record from International Ocean Discovery Program Site …

[HTML][HTML] Estimated regional CO flux and uncertainty based on an ensemble of atmospheric CO inversions

N Chandra, PK Patra, Y Niwa, A Ito… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Global and regional sources and sinks of carbon across the earth's surface have been
studied extensively using atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2) observations and atmospheric …

Enhance seasonal amplitude of atmospheric CO2 by the changing Southern Ocean carbon sink

J Yun, S Jeong, N Gruber, L Gregor, CH Ho, S Piao… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The enhanced seasonal amplitude of atmospheric CO2 has been viewed so far primarily as
a Northern Hemisphere phenomenon. Yet, analyses of atmospheric CO2 records from 49 …

Sailing through the southern seas of air–sea CO2 flux uncertainty

P Landschützer, T Tanhua… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Southern Ocean is among the largest contemporary sinks of atmospheric carbon
dioxide on our planet; however, remoteness, harsh weather and other circumstances have …