[HTML][HTML] A unifying concept of coccolithophore sensitivity to changing carbonate chemistry embedded in an ecological framework

LT Bach, U Riebesell, MA Gutowska… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Coccolithophores are a group of unicellular phytoplankton species whose ability to calcify
has a profound influence on biogeochemical element cycling. Calcification rates are …

Sensitivity of climate to cumulative carbon emissions due to compensation of ocean heat and carbon uptake

P Goodwin, RG Williams, A Ridgwell - Nature Geoscience, 2015 - nature.com
Climate model experiments reveal that transient global warming is nearly proportional to
cumulative carbon emissions on multi-decadal to centennial timescales,,,,. However, it is not …

The time scale of the silicate weathering negative feedback on atmospheric CO2

G Colbourn, A Ridgwell… - Global Biogeochemical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The ultimate fate of CO2 added to the ocean‐atmosphere system is chemical reaction with
silicate minerals and burial as marine carbonates. The time scale of this silicate weathering …

Upper ocean oxygenation dynamics from I/Ca ratios during the Cenomanian‐Turonian OAE 2

X Zhou, HC Jenkyns, JD Owens, CK Junium… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming lowers the solubility of gases in the ocean and drives an enhanced
hydrological cycle with increased nutrient loads delivered to the oceans, leading to …

The'long tail'of anthropogenic CO2 decline in the atmosphere and its consequences for post-closure performance assessments for disposal of radioactive wastes

NS Lord, A Ridgwell, MC Thorne, DJ Lunt - Mineralogical Magazine, 2015 - cambridge.org
The extended timescales involved in the decay of radioactive wastes to safe levels mean
that geological disposal facilities must continue to function effectively long into the future. It is …

Can organic matter flux profiles be diagnosed using remineralisation rates derived from observed tracers and modelled ocean transport rates?

JD Wilson, A Ridgwell, S Barker - Biogeosciences, 2015 - bg.copernicus.org
The average depth in the ocean at which the majority of sinking organic matter particles
remineralise is a fundamental parameter in the ocean's role in regulating atmospheric CO 2 …

An object-oriented diagnostic model for the quantification of porewater geochemistry in marine sediments

H Ye, T Yang, G Zhu, S Jiang - Journal of Earth Science, 2015 - Springer
The reaction-transport model is widely used to identify and quantify dissolved chemical
species in sediment porewaters. In this paper, a modularized code framework of diagenetic …

Investigating the drivers of perturbations to the Cenozoic carbon-climate system

D Armstrong Mckay - 2015 - eprints.soton.ac.uk
Over the course of the Cenozoic the Earth system has shifted from a CO2-rich
'Greenhouse'climate state to a CO2-poor 'Icehouse'climate state. This trend is punctuated by …

Scaling laws for perturbations in the ocean–atmosphere system following large CO emissions

N Towles, P Olson, A Gnanadesikan - Climate of the Past, 2015 - cp.copernicus.org
Scaling relationships are found for perturbations to atmosphere and ocean variables from
large transient CO 2 emissions. Using the Long-term Ocean-atmosphere-Sediment CArbon …

[PDF][PDF] Constraining marine carbon fluxes in the ocean interior

J Wilson - 2015 - core.ac.uk
The uptake of dissolved CO2 by phytoplankton in the surface ocean and its delivery to the
deep ocean via the remineralisation of sinking particles, the biological pump, is an important …