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MacGilchrist, Graeme, Naveira Garabato, Alberto, Brown, Pete J., Jullion, Loic, Bacon, Sheldon, Bakker, Dorothee C. E. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9234-5337, Hoppema, Mario, Meredith, Michael P. and Torres-Valdes, Sinhue
(2019)
Reframing the carbon cycle of the subpolar Southern Ocean.
Science Advances, 5 (8).
pp. 1-9.
ISSN 2375-2548
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Abstract
Global climate is critically sensitive to physical and biogeochemical dynamics in the subpolar Southern Ocean, since it is here that deep, carbon-rich layers of the world ocean outcrop and exchange carbon with the atmosphere. Here, we present evidence that the conventional framework for the subpolar Southern Ocean carbon cycle, which attributes a dominant role to the vertical overturning circulation and shelf-sea processes, fundamentally misrepresents the drivers of regional carbon uptake. Observations in the Weddell Gyre—a key representative region of the subpolar Southern Ocean—show that the rate of carbon uptake is set by an interplay between the Gyre’s horizontal circulation and the remineralization at mid-depths of organic carbon sourced from biological production in the central gyre. These results demonstrate that reframing the carbon cycle of the subpolar Southern Ocean is an essential step to better define its role in past and future climate change.
| 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 |
| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2019 15:30 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2023 10:47 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/72134 |
| DOI: | 10.1126/sciadv.aav6410 |
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