Continental shelves as a variable but increasing global sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide

Continental shelves as a variable but increasing global sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide

It remains unclear whether surface water partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) in continental shelves tracks with increasing atmospheric pCO2. Here, the authors show that pCO2 in shelf waters lags behind rising atmospheric CO2 in a number of shelf regions, suggesting shelf uptake of atmospheric CO2.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Goulven G. Laruelle, Wei-Jun Cai, Xinping Hu, Nicolas Gruber, Fred T. Mackenzie, Pierre Regnier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02738-z
Description
Summary:It remains unclear whether surface water partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) in continental shelves tracks with increasing atmospheric pCO2. Here, the authors show that pCO2 in shelf waters lags behind rising atmospheric CO2 in a number of shelf regions, suggesting shelf uptake of atmospheric CO2.
ISSN:2041-1723

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