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Multi-model comparison of trends and controls of near-bed oxygen concentration on the northwest European continental shelf under climate change
Giovanni Galli
Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), Prospect Place, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 3DH, UK
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS), Section of Oceanography, via Beirut 2, Trieste, 34014, Italy
Sarah Wakelin
National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L3 5DA, UK
James Harle
National Oceanography Centre (NOC), European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Jason Holt
National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L3 5DA, UK
Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), Prospect Place, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 3DH, UK
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This work shows that, under a high-emission scenario, oxygen concentration in deep water of parts of the North Sea and Celtic Sea can become critically low (hypoxia) towards the end of this century. The extent and frequency of hypoxia depends on the intensity of climate change projected by different climate models. This is the result of a complex combination of factors like warming, increase in stratification, changes in the currents and changes in biological processes.
This work shows that, under a high-emission scenario, oxygen concentration in deep water of...
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