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Research article
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23 Jul 2021
Research article |
| 23 Jul 2021
| 23 Jul 2021
Oceanic primary production decline halved in eddy-resolving simulations of global warming
Damien Couespel
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
LOCEAN-IPSL, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IRD/MNHN, Paris, France
Marina Lévy
LOCEAN-IPSL, Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IRD/MNHN, Paris, France
Laurent Bopp
LMD-IPSL, École Normale Supérieure/PSL University, CNRS, École Polytechnique, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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Short summary
An alarming consequence of climate change is the oceanic primary production decline projected by Earth system models. These coarse-resolution models parameterize oceanic eddies. Here, idealized simulations of global warming with increasing resolution show that the decline in primary production in the eddy-resolved simulations is half as large as in the eddy-parameterized simulations. This stems from the high sensitivity of the subsurface nutrient transport to model resolution.
An alarming consequence of climate change is the oceanic primary production decline projected by...
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