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Deglacial upwelling, productivity and CO2 outgassing in the North Pacific Ocean
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dc.contributor.author | Gray, William R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rae, James W. B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wills, Robert C. J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Shevenell, Amelia E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Taylor, Ben | |
dc.contributor.author | Burke, Andrea | |
dc.contributor.author | Foster, Gavin L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lear, Caroline H. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-22T23:50:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-22T23:50:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-05 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Gray , W R , Rae , J W B , Wills , R C J , Shevenell , A E , Taylor , B , Burke , A , Foster , G L & Lear , C H 2018 , ' Deglacial upwelling, productivity and CO 2 outgassing in the North Pacific Ocean ' , Nature Geoscience , vol. 11 , no. 5 , pp. 340–344 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0108-6 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1752-0908 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 252900225 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 66f3d04c-2135-4fa8-be98-8b6e6d9bbb1e | |
dc.identifier.other | RIS: urn:DC5FEC4D18A7CC5FBB670C690BD11C15 | |
dc.identifier.other | RIS: Gray2018 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85045838201 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0003-3904-2526/work/60196319 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000431168900016 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-3754-1498/work/64034552 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/16302 | |
dc.description | This work was funded by NERC studentship NE/I528185/1 awarded to W.R.G., NERC studentship NE/1492942/1 to B.T., NERC grant NE/N011716/1 awarded to J.W.B.R and A.B., and NERC grant NE/I013377/1 awarded to A.E.S. | en |
dc.description.abstract | The interplay between ocean circulation and biological productivity affects atmospheric CO2 levels and marine oxygen concentrations. During the warming of the last deglaciation, the North Pacific experienced a peak in productivity and widespread hypoxia, with changes in circulation, iron supply and light limitation all proposed as potential drivers. Here we use the boron-isotope composition of planktic foraminifera from a sediment core in the western North Pacific to reconstruct pH and dissolved CO2 concentrations from 24,000 to 8,000 years ago. We find that the productivity peak during the Bølling–Allerød warm interval, 14,700 to 12,900 years ago, was associated with a decrease in near-surface pH and an increase in pCO2, and must therefore have been driven by increased supply of nutrient- and CO2-rich waters. In a climate model ensemble (PMIP3), the presence of large ice sheets over North America results in high rates of wind-driven upwelling within the subpolar North Pacific. We suggest that this process, combined with collapse of North Pacific Intermediate Water formation at the onset of the Bølling–Allerød, led to high rates of upwelling of water rich in nutrients and CO2, and supported the peak in productivity. The respiration of this organic matter, along with poor ventilation, probably caused the regional hypoxia. We suggest that CO2 outgassing from the North Pacific helped to maintain high atmospheric CO2 concentrations during the Bølling–Allerød and contributed to the deglacial CO2 rise. | |
dc.format.extent | 8 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Nature Geoscience | en |
dc.rights | © 2018 the Author(s). This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0108-6 | en |
dc.subject | GC Oceanography | en |
dc.subject | GE Environmental Sciences | en |
dc.subject | QD Chemistry | en |
dc.subject | QE Geology | en |
dc.subject | DAS | en |
dc.subject | BDC | en |
dc.subject | R2C | en |
dc.subject | SDG 13 - Climate Action | en |
dc.subject | SDG 14 - Life Below Water | en |
dc.subject.lcc | GC | en |
dc.subject.lcc | GE | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QD | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QE | en |
dc.title | Deglacial upwelling, productivity and CO2 outgassing in the North Pacific Ocean | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | NERC | en |
dc.description.version | Postprint | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Earth & Environmental Sciences | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. St Andrews Isotope Geochemistry | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0108-6 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2018-10-23 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | NE/N011716/1 | en |
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