Attributing ocean acidification to major carbon producers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15550232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel Licker (0000-0001-7191-0691, Union of Concerned Scientists, corresponding author), B Ekwurzel (0000-0003-3950-281X, Union of Concerned Scientists), Scott Doney (0000-0002-3683-2437, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), S C Doney, Sarah Cooley (0000-0002-1034-0653, Ocean Conservancy), S R Cooley, Ivan D Lima (0000-0001-5345-0652, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Richard Heede (0000-0002-3895-4155, Sphere Institute), Peter C Frumhoff (0000-0002-5037-919X, Union of Concerned Scientists) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 124060-124060 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ab5abc |
| OpenAlex | W2995036238 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 73 |
Recent research has quantified the contributions of CO 2 and CH 4 emissions traced to the products of major fossil fuel companies and cement manufacturers to global atmospheric CO 2 , surface temperature, and sea level rise. This work has informed societal considerations of the climate responsibilities of these major industrial carbon producers. Here, we extend this work to historical (1880–2015) and recent (1965–2015) acidification of the world’s ocean. Using an energy balance carbon-cycle model, we find that emissions traced to the 88 largest industrial carbon producers from 1880–2015 and 1965–2015 have contributed ∼55% and ∼51%, respectively, of the historical 1880–2015 decline in surface ocean pH. As ocean acidification is not spatially uniform, we employ a three-dimensional ocean model and identify five marine regions with large declines in surface water pH and aragonite saturation state over similar historical (average 1850–1859 to average 2000–2009) and recent (average 1960–1969 to average of 2000–2009) time periods. We characterize the biological and socioeconomic systems in these regions facing loss and damage from ocean acidification in the context of climate change and other stressors. Such analysis can inform societal consideration of carbon producer responsibility for current and near-term risks of further loss and damage to human communities dependent on marine ecosystems and fisheries vulnerable to ocean acidification
Aragonite · Biology · Carbon cycle · Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere · Climate change · Context (archaeology · Ecosystem · Effects of global warming on oceans · Geography · Global warming · Marine ecosystem · Natural resource economics · Ocean Acidification · Ocean chemistry · Seawater · Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies · Environmental Science · Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies · Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses · Ecology · Geology · Oceanography
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |