Sea-ice derived meltwater stratification slows the biological carbon pump: results from continuous observations

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 7309 - 16
• Main Authors: von Appen, Wilken-Jon, Waite, Anya M., Bergmann, Melanie, Bienhold, Christina, Boebel, Olaf, Bracher, Astrid, Cisewski, Boris, Hagemann, Jonas, Hoppema, Mario, Iversen, Morten H., Konrad, Christian, Krumpen, Thomas, Lochthofen, Normen, Metfies, Katja, Niehoff, Barbara, Nöthig, Eva-Maria, Purser, Autun, Salter, Ian, Schaber, Matthias, Scholz, Daniel, Soltwedel, Thomas, Torres-Valdes, Sinhue, Wekerle, Claudia, Wenzhöfer, Frank, Wietz, Matthias, Boetius, Antje
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 15.12.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158/47/4113; 704/106/125; 704/829/2737; 704/829/826; 704/829/827; Absorption; Anthropogenic factors; Atlantic Ocean; Benthic communities; Biodiversity; Biological effects; Carbon; Carbon - analysis; Carbon Cycle; Climate Change; Ecosystem; Ecosystem dynamics; Global climate; Greenland; Human influences; Humanities and Social Sciences; Ice Cover - chemistry; Ice melting; Meltwater; multidisciplinary; Newfoundland and Labrador; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sea ice; Seawater - chemistry; Straits; Stratification; Time series; Atlantic Ocean; Greenland; Newfoundland and Labrador; Arctic region; Fram Strait

The ocean moderates the world’s climate through absorption of heat and carbon, but how much carbon the ocean will continue to absorb remains unknown. The North Atlantic Ocean west (Baffin Bay/Labrador Sea) and east (Fram Strait/Greenland Sea) of Greenland features the most intense absorption of anth...