Multi-faceted particle pumps drive carbon sequestration in the ocean

PW Boyd, H Claustre, M Levy, DA Siegel, T Weber - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The ocean's ability to sequester carbon away from the atmosphere exerts an important
control on global climate. The biological pump drives carbon storage in the deep ocean and …

The integral role of iron in ocean biogeochemistry

A Tagliabue, AR Bowie, PW Boyd, KN Buck… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The micronutrient iron is now recognized to be important in regulating the magnitude and
dynamics of ocean primary productivity, making it an integral component of the ocean's …

Changing state of the climate system

SK Gulev, PW Thorne, J Ahn, FJ Dentener… - 2021 - centaur.reading.ac.uk
2 Chapter 2 assesses observed large-scale changes in climate system drivers, key climate
indicators and 3 principal modes of variability. Chapter 3 considers model performance and …

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Global carbon and other biogeochemical cycles and feedbacks

JG Canadell, PMS Monteiro, MH Costa… - Climate change 2021 …, 2023 - cambridge.org
It is unequivocal that the increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4)
and nitrous oxide (N2O) since the pre-industrial period are caused by human activities. The …

[HTML][HTML] Testing the climate intervention potential of ocean afforestation using the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt

LT Bach, V Tamsitt, J Gower, CL Hurd… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Ensuring that global warming remains< 2° C requires rapid CO2 emissions reduction.
Additionally, 100–900 gigatons CO2 must be removed from the atmosphere by 2100 using a …

Ice melt, sea level rise and superstorms: evidence from paleoclimate data, climate modeling, and modern observations that 2 C global warming could be dangerous

J Hansen, M Sato, P Hearty, R Ruedy… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
We use numerical climate simulations, paleoclimate data, and modern observations to study
the effect of growing ice melt from Antarctica and Greenland. Meltwater tends to stabilize the …

Zooplankton fecal pellets, marine snow, phytodetritus and the ocean's biological pump

JT Turner - Progress in Oceanography, 2015 - Elsevier
The “biological pump” is the process by which photosynthetically-produced organic matter in
the ocean descends from the surface layer to depth by a combination of sinking particles …

[HTML][HTML] Southern Ocean phytoplankton in a changing climate

SL Deppeler, AT Davidson - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Phytoplankton are the base of the Antarctic food web, sustain the wealth and diversity of life
for which Antarctica is renowned, and play a critical role in biogeochemical cycles that …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced ocean oxygenation during Cenozoic warm periods

A Auderset, S Moretti, B Taphorn, PR Ebner, E Kast… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Dissolved oxygen (O2) is essential for most ocean ecosystems, fuelling organisms'
respiration and facilitating the cycling of carbon and nutrients. Oxygen measurements have …

[HTML][HTML] Newly identified climatically and environmentally significant high latitude dust sources

O Meinander… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Dust particles from high latitudes have a potentially large local, regional, and global
significance to climate and the environment as short-lived climate forcers, air pollutants, and …