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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-7519-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-7519-2025
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02 Dec 2025
Research article |  | 02 Dec 2025

Mesoscale eddies heterogeneously modulate CO2 fluxes in eddy-rich regions of the Southern Ocean

Mariana Salinas-Matus, Nuno Serra, Fatemeh Chegini, and Tatiana Ilyina

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We use a 27-year eddy-resolving ocean-biogeochemical simulation to assess how mesoscale eddies modulate air–sea CO2 fluxes in the Southern Ocean. Eddies act as persistent carbon sinks, with anticyclones showing enhanced carbon uptake efficiency. Mesoscale features account for ~10 % of the total carbon uptake in the Southern Ocean and about 1 % of the anomalous carbon uptake.
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