The Ocean Carbon Cycle and Climate

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Earth Sciences, Oceanography, Other Sciences, Meteorology
Cover of the book The Ocean Carbon Cycle and Climate by , Springer Netherlands
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781402020872
Publisher: Springer Netherlands Publication: December 6, 2012
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781402020872
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication: December 6, 2012
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

Our desire to understand the global carbon cycle and its link to the climate system represents a huge challenge. These overarching questions have driven a great deal of scientific endeavour in recent years: What are the basic oceanic mechanisms which control the oceanic carbon reservoirs and the partitioning of carbon between ocean and atmosphere? How do these mechanisms depend on the state of the climate system and how does the carbon cycle feed back on climate? What is the current rate at which fossil fuel carbon dioxide is absorbed by the oceans and how might this change in the future? To begin to answer these questions we must first understand the distribution of carbon in the ocean, its partitioning between different ocean reservoirs (the "solubility" and "biological" pumps of carbon), the mechanisms controlling these reservoirs, and the relationship of the significant physical and biological processes to the physical environment. The recent surveys from the JGOFS and WOCE (Joint Global Ocean Flux Study and World Ocean Circulation Ex­ periment) programs have given us a first truly global survey of the physical and biogeochemical properties of the ocean. These new, high quality data provide the opportunity to better quantify the present oceans reservoirs of carbon and the changes due to fossil fuel burning. In addition, diverse process studies and time-series observations have clearly revealed the complexity of interactions between nutrient cycles, ecosystems, the carbon-cycle and the physical envi­ ronment.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Our desire to understand the global carbon cycle and its link to the climate system represents a huge challenge. These overarching questions have driven a great deal of scientific endeavour in recent years: What are the basic oceanic mechanisms which control the oceanic carbon reservoirs and the partitioning of carbon between ocean and atmosphere? How do these mechanisms depend on the state of the climate system and how does the carbon cycle feed back on climate? What is the current rate at which fossil fuel carbon dioxide is absorbed by the oceans and how might this change in the future? To begin to answer these questions we must first understand the distribution of carbon in the ocean, its partitioning between different ocean reservoirs (the "solubility" and "biological" pumps of carbon), the mechanisms controlling these reservoirs, and the relationship of the significant physical and biological processes to the physical environment. The recent surveys from the JGOFS and WOCE (Joint Global Ocean Flux Study and World Ocean Circulation Ex­ periment) programs have given us a first truly global survey of the physical and biogeochemical properties of the ocean. These new, high quality data provide the opportunity to better quantify the present oceans reservoirs of carbon and the changes due to fossil fuel burning. In addition, diverse process studies and time-series observations have clearly revealed the complexity of interactions between nutrient cycles, ecosystems, the carbon-cycle and the physical envi­ ronment.

More books from Springer Netherlands

Cover of the book Plant Defence: Biological Control by
Cover of the book Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Health by
Cover of the book Recent Advances in Example-Based Machine Translation by
Cover of the book Rousseau’s Economic Philosophy by
Cover of the book Environmental Contamination and Remediation Practices at Former and Present Military Bases by
Cover of the book Second European Glaucoma Symposium, Helsinki, May 1984 by
Cover of the book Herman Heijermans and His Dramas by
Cover of the book Reproductive Decision-Making in a Macro-Micro Perspective by
Cover of the book Examination and Analysis of Starch and Starch Products by
Cover of the book Ethics, Law and Governance of Biobanking by
Cover of the book Kazimierz Opałek Selected Papers in Legal Philosophy by
Cover of the book Linking Ecology and Ethics for a Changing World by
Cover of the book Clinical Endocrinology of Dogs and Cats by
Cover of the book Numerical Methods for Metamaterial Design by
Cover of the book An Institutional Basis for Environmental Stewardship by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy