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Fontela, Marcos, Pérez, Fiz F., Carracedo, Lidia I., Padín, Xosé A., Velo, Antón, García-Ibañez, Maribel I. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5218-0064 and Lherminier, Pascale
(2020)
The Northeast Atlantic is running out of excess carbonate in the horizon of cold-water corals communities.
Scientific Reports, 10.
ISSN 2045-2322
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Abstract
The oceanic uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by human activities alters the seawater carbonate system. Here, the chemical status of the Northeast Atlantic is examined by means of a high-quality database of carbon variables based on the GO-SHIP A25 section (1997–2018). The increase of atmospheric CO2 leads to an increase in ocean anthropogenic carbon (Cant) and a decrease in carbonate that is unequivocal in the upper and mid-layers (0–2,500 m depth). In the mid-layer, the carbonate content in the Northeast Atlantic is maintained by the interplay between the northward spreading of recently conveyed Mediterranean Water with excess of carbonate and the arrival of subpolar-origin waters close to carbonate undersaturation. In this study we show a progression to undersaturation with respect to aragonite that could compromise the conservation of the habitats and ecosystem services developed by benthic marine calcifiers inhabiting that depth-range, such as the cold-water corals (CWC) communities. For each additional ppm in atmospheric pCO2 the waters surrounding CWC communities lose carbonate at a rate of − 0.17 ± 0.02 μmol kg−1 ppm−1. The accomplishment of global climate policies to limit global warming below 1.5–2 ℃ will avoid the exhaustion of excess carbonate in the Northeast Atlantic.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | general,sdg 13 - climate action,sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1000 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Sep 2020 23:55 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2024 02:45 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/76949 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-020-71793-2 |
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