Feedbacks Between Estuarine Metabolism and Anthropogenic CO₂ Accelerate Local Rates of Ocean Acidification and Hasten Threshold Exceedances.

ABSTRACT: Attribution of the ocean acidification (OA) signal in estuarine carbonate system observations is necessary for quantifying the impacts of global anthropogenic CO 2 emissions on water quality, and informing managers of the efficacy of potential mitigation options. We present an analysis of observational data to characterize dynamics and drivers of seasonal carbonate system variability in two seagrass habitats of Puget Sound, WA, USA, and estimate how carbon accumulations due to anthropogenic CO 2 emissions C anth interact with these drivers of carbonate chemistry to determine seasonally resolved rates of acidification in these habitats. Three independent simulations of C anth accumulation from 1765 to 2100 were run using two previously published methods and one novel method

SUBMITTER: Pacella SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11462958 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature