of anthropogenic CO2 releases that have been taken out of the
atmosphere (over and above the amount taken out of the
atmosphere that balances the natural additions to the
atmosphere), perhaps mainly as a direct biogeochemical feedback (increased CO2 favoring more
rapid biological fixation of C, net flux of CO2 into water until equilibrium for the given storage of other involved chemical species in the
upper ocean) fairly promptly.
«The
rapid warming of the Atlantic Ocean created high pressure zones in the
upper atmosphere over that basin and low pressure zones close to the surface of the ocean,» said Prof Axel Timmermann, co-lead and corresponding author from the University of Hawaii.