Role of Marine Biology in Glacial-Interglacial CO 2 Cycles
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- 1 April 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 308 (5718), 74-78
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1105375
Abstract
It has been hypothesized that changes in the marine biological pump caused a major portion of the glacial reduction of atmospheric carbon dioxide by 80 to 100 parts per million through increased iron fertilization of marine plankton, increased ocean nutrient content or utilization, or shifts in dominant plankton types. We analyze sedimentary records of marine productivity at the peak and the middle of the last glacial cycle and show that neither changes in nutrient utilization in the Southern Ocean nor shifts in plankton dominance explain the CO2 drawdown. Iron fertilization and associated mechanisms can be responsible for no more than half the observed drawdown.Keywords
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