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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4497-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4497-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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30 Jul 2015
Research article |
| 30 Jul 2015
The mechanisms of North Atlantic CO2 uptake in a large Earth System Model ensemble
Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Amory Building, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4RJ, UK
B. B. B. Booth
Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3PB, UK
C. D. Jones
Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3PB, UK
F. H. Lambert
Exeter Climate Systems, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Harrison Building, North Park Road, Exeter, EX4 4QF, UK
D. J. McNeall
Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3PB, UK
I. J. Totterdell
Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3PB, UK
C. Völker
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
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Short summary
The oceans currently take up around a quarter of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by human activity. While stored in the ocean, this CO2 is not causing global warming. Here we explore high latitude North Atlantic CO2 uptake across a set of climate model simulations, and find that the models show a peak in ocean CO2 uptake around the middle of the century after which time CO2 uptake begins to decline. We identify the causes of this long-term change and interannual variability in the models.
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