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Main Authors: Wu, Henry C, Dissard, Delphine, Douville, Eric, Blamart, Dominique, Bordier, Louise, Tribollet, Aline, Le Cornec, Florence, Pons-Branchu, Edwige, Dapoigny, Arnaud, Lazareth, Claire E
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Published: PANGAEA 2018
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886966
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author Wu, Henry C
Dissard, Delphine
Douville, Eric
Blamart, Dominique
Bordier, Louise
Tribollet, Aline
Le Cornec, Florence
Pons-Branchu, Edwige
Dapoigny, Arnaud
Lazareth, Claire E
author_facet Wu, Henry C
Dissard, Delphine
Douville, Eric
Blamart, Dominique
Bordier, Louise
Tribollet, Aline
Le Cornec, Florence
Pons-Branchu, Edwige
Dapoigny, Arnaud
Lazareth, Claire E
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Increasing atmospheric CO2 from man-made climate change is reducing surface ocean pH. Due to limited instrumental measurements and historical pH records in the world's oceans, seawater pH variability at the decadal and centennial scale remains largely unknown and requires documentation. Here we present evidence of striking secular trends of decreasing pH since the late nineteenth century with pronounced interannual to decadal–interdecadal pH variability in the South Pacific Ocean from 1689 to 2011 CE. High-amplitude oceanic pH changes, likely related to atmospheric CO2 uptake and seawater dissolved inorganic carbon fluctuations, reveal a coupled relationship to sea surface temperature variations and highlight the marked influence of El Niño/Southern Oscillation and Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation. We suggest changing surface winds strength and zonal advection processes as the main drivers responsible for regional pH variability up to 1881 CE, followed by the prominent role of anthropogenic CO2 in accelerating the process of ocean acidification.
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spellingShingle Annually-resolved coral-based d11B-pH reconstruction for the past 323 years from New Caledonia
Wu, Henry C
Dissard, Delphine
Douville, Eric
Blamart, Dominique
Bordier, Louise
Tribollet, Aline
Le Cornec, Florence
Pons-Branchu, Edwige
Dapoigny, Arnaud
Lazareth, Claire E
Age; AGE; Diploastrea heliopora, δ11B; Diploastrea heliopora, δ11B, standard deviation; Diploastrea heliopora, δ13C; Diploastrea heliopora, δ18O; New_Caledonia
Increasing atmospheric CO2 from man-made climate change is reducing surface ocean pH. Due to limited instrumental measurements and historical pH records in the world's oceans, seawater pH variability at the decadal and centennial scale remains largely unknown and requires documentation. Here we present evidence of striking secular trends of decreasing pH since the late nineteenth century with pronounced interannual to decadal–interdecadal pH variability in the South Pacific Ocean from 1689 to 2011 CE. High-amplitude oceanic pH changes, likely related to atmospheric CO2 uptake and seawater dissolved inorganic carbon fluctuations, reveal a coupled relationship to sea surface temperature variations and highlight the marked influence of El Niño/Southern Oscillation and Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation. We suggest changing surface winds strength and zonal advection processes as the main drivers responsible for regional pH variability up to 1881 CE, followed by the prominent role of anthropogenic CO2 in accelerating the process of ocean acidification.
title Annually-resolved coral-based d11B-pH reconstruction for the past 323 years from New Caledonia
topic Age; AGE; Diploastrea heliopora, δ11B; Diploastrea heliopora, δ11B, standard deviation; Diploastrea heliopora, δ13C; Diploastrea heliopora, δ18O; New_Caledonia
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886966