Saturation of the Southern Ocean CO2 Sink Due to Recent Climate Change

By C. Le Quéré, C. Rödenbeck, E. Buitenhuis, T. Conway, R. Langenfelds, A. Gomez, C. Labuschagne, M. Ramonet, T. Nakazawa, N. Metzl and 2 more. Science, 2007

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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Reducing emissions from deforestation - the "combined incentives" mechanism and empirical simulations. (2009, background): “…global climate might be bigger than previously thought (Stephens et al., 2007) and will likely become even more important as alternative sinks become saturated (Le Quéré et al., 2007) while forests can continue to act as sinks throughout a century of climate-change (Gullison et al., 2007).”
Impacts of climate change on marine organisms and ecosystems. (2009, background): “The Southern Ocean might, however, already be saturated with CO2 [59], which is worrying because it alone has absorbed about 7% of anthropogenic CO2[atm], and reduced capacity for future absorption means more CO2 will remain in the atmosphere, provoking more warming.”
Annular mode changes in the CMIP5 simulations (2013, background): “Perhaps for this reason, much attention has focused on the DJF SAM as a driver of changes in the Southern Ocean, including the Southern Ocean carbon cycle [e.g., Le Quéré et al., 2007].”
Biodiversity, climate change, and ecosystem services (2009, background): “It is now apparent that the rate of carbon uptake form the atmosphere, especially in the crucial Southern Ocean, is also slowing [60].”
Potential impacts of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions on Mediterranean marine ecosystems and cetaceans (2008, background): “A significant reduction in the efficiency of the Southern Ocean sink of CO2 has recently been observed (Le Quéré et al., 2007).”