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  Global warming amplified by reduced sulphur fluxes as a result of ocean acidification

Six, K. D., Kloster, S., Ilyina, T., Archer, S. D., Zhang Kai, K., & Maier-Reimer, E. (2013). Global warming amplified by reduced sulphur fluxes as a result of ocean acidification. Nature Climate Change, 3, 975-978. doi:10.1038/nclimate1981.

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Six, Katharina D.1, Author           
Kloster, Silvia2, Author           
Ilyina, Tatiana1, Author           
Archer, Stephen D., Author
Zhang Kai, Kai, Author
Maier-Reimer, Ernst1, Author           
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1Ocean Biogeochemistry, The Ocean in the Earth System, MPI for Meteorology, Max Planck Society, ou_913556              
2Emmy Noether Junior Research Group Fire in the Earth System, The Land in the Earth System, MPI for Meteorology, Max Planck Society, ou_913563              

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 Abstract: Climate change and decreasing seawater pH (ocean acidification)1 have widely been considered as uncoupled consequences of the anthropogenic CO2 perturbation2, 3. Recently, experiments in seawater enclosures (mesocosms) showed that concentrations of dimethylsulphide (DMS), a biogenic sulphur compound, were markedly lower in a low-pH environment4. Marine DMS emissions are the largest natural source of atmospheric sulphur5 and changes in their strength have the potential to alter the Earth’s radiation budget6. Here we establish observational-based relationships between pH changes and DMS concentrations to estimate changes in future DMS emissions with Earth system model7 climate simulations. Global DMS emissions decrease by about 18(±3)% in 2100 compared with pre-industrial times as a result of the combined effects of ocean acidification and climate change. The reduced DMS emissions induce a significant additional radiative forcing, of which 83% is attributed to the impact of ocean acidification, tantamount to an equilibrium temperature response between 0.23 and 0.48 K. Our results indicate that ocean acidification has the potential to exacerbate anthropogenic warming through a mechanism that is not considered at present in projections of future climate change.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2012-092013-07-172013-08-252013-11
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1981
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Title: Nature Climate Change
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Publ. Info: London : Nature Publishing Group
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 3 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 975 - 978 Identifier: Other: 1758-678x
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/1758-678x