The combined effects of ocean acidification, mixing, and respiration on pH and carbonate saturation in an urbanized estuary
These ecosystems are highly vulnerable to
the combined effects of ocean acidification and warming.
In the journal Nature Climate Change it is demonstrated, that modeled DMS emissions decrease by about 18 (± 3) % in 2100 compared to preindustrial times as a result of
the combined effects of ocean acidification and climate change.
Not exact matches
The resulting outburst
of methane produced
effects similar to those predicted by current models
of global climate change: a sudden, extreme rise in temperatures,
combined with
acidification of the
oceans.
The lab finding is «part
of a growing body
of evidence that
ocean acidification alone and
combined with other stressors will have
effects beyond shell mineralization,» said Terrie Klinger, a University
of Washington marine sciences professor studying the impacts
of acidification.
Connell, Sean; Kroeker, Kristy; Fabricius, Katharina; Kline, David; Russell, Bayden We explore how
ocean acidification combines with complex environmental changes across a number
of scales, highlight the multiplicity
of factors and complexities that cause variation, and raise awareness
of CO2 as a resource whose change in availability could have wide ranging community consequences beyond its direct
effects.
Corals and other species that depend upon them are also highly vulnerable due to the
combined effects of warming
ocean water,
ocean acidification, and other human - caused stresses.