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Forecasting impacts of ocean acidification on marine communities: Utilizing volcanic CO 2 vents as natural laboratories
Author(s) -
Foo Shawna A.,
Byrne Maria
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
global change biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.146
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1365-2486
pISSN - 1354-1013
DOI - 10.1111/gcb.15528
Subject(s) - ocean acidification , volcano , environmental science , oceanography , calcium carbonate , seawater , natural (archaeology) , carbonate , ocean current , earth science , environmental chemistry , carbon dioxide , saturation (graph theory) , ecology , geology , chemistry , geochemistry , biology , paleontology , organic chemistry , mathematics , combinatorics
Oceans have absorbed approximately 30% of anthropogenic CO 2 emissions, causing a phenomenon known as ‘ocean acidification’. With surface ocean pH changing at a rapid pace, continued uptake of CO 2 is expected to decrease ocean pH by 0.3 pH units as early as 2081, accompanied by a decrease in the saturation of calcium carbonate minerals needed to produce skeletons and shells (RCP 8.5 scenario, IPCC 2019). Natural marine CO 2 vent systems provide ocean acidification proxies, offering a glimpse into what a future ocean may look like.
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