OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: UNDERSTANDING THE COASTAL CARBON PUMP IN A HIGH CO2 WORLD

Since the 1800s, carbon dioxide emissions due to human activities have contributed significantly to the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. Approximately a third of this carbon is absorbed by the ocean, through air-sea fluxes at the ocean surface (Sabine, 2004). Increased CO2 has changed the carbon...

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Main Author: Cooper, Rachel
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2012
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/420
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1419&context=etd