Response to comments on "Saturation of the Southern Ocean CO2 sink due to recent climate change"

Le Quéré, Corinne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2319-0452, Rödenbeck, Christian, Buitenhuis, Erik T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6274-5583, Conway, Thomas J., Langenfelds, Ray, Gomez, Antony, Labuschagne, Casper, Ramonet, Michel, Nakazawa, Takakiyo, Metzl, Nicolas, Gillett, Nathan P. and Heimann, Martin (2008) Response to comments on "Saturation of the Southern Ocean CO2 sink due to recent climate change". Science, 319 (5863). p. 570. ISSN 1095-9203

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Abstract

We estimated a weakening of the Southern Ocean carbon dioxide (CO2) sink since 1981 relative to the trend expected from the large increase in atmospheric CO2. We agree with Law et al. that network choice increases the uncertainty of trend estimates but argue that their network of five locations is too small to be reliable. A future reversal of Southern Ocean CO2 saturation as suggested by Zickfeld et al. is possible, but only at high atmospheric CO2 concentrations, and the effect would be temporary.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climatic Research Unit
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	01 Mar 2011 15:43
Last Modified:	15 Jun 2023 17:31
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/25448
DOI:	10.1126/science.1147315

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