Sea ice loss amplifies summer-time decadal CO2 increase in the western Arctic Ocean

Ouyang Z., Qi, D., Chen, L., Takahashi, T., Zhong, W., DeGrandpre, M.D., Chen, B., Gao, Z., Nishino, S., Murata, A., Sun,H.,. Robbins, L.L, JinM., Cai, W. (2020), Sea ice loss amplifies summer-time decadal CO2 increase in the western Arctic OceanNature Climate Change, 10, 678-684. (RGMA)

Abstract. Rapid climate warming and sea-ice loss have induced major changes in the sea surface partial pressure of CO2 (𝑝CO2). However, the long-term trends in the western Arctic Ocean are unknown. Here we show that in 1994–2017, summer 𝑝CO2 in the Canada Basin increased at twice the rate of atmospheric increase.

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