The chemistry of habitable oceans in the Solar system
Persistent liquid water is generally considered a prerequisite for planetary habitability1,2. For all known life, which is to…
Ocean iron fertilization from enhanced mid-ocean-ridge volcanism due to ice-age sea-level falls
Martin, J. H. & Fitzwater, S. E. Iron deficiency limits phytoplankton growth in the north-east Pacific subarctic. Nature…
Reduction of tropical cyclone-induced ocean carbon outgassing since 1993
Ciais, P. et al. Five decades of northern land carbon uptake revealed by the interhemispheric CO2 gradient. Nature…
Southern Ocean freshening stalls deep ocean CO2 release in a changing climate
Sabine, C. L. et al. The oceanic sink for anthropogenic CO2. Science 305, 367–371 (2004). Article CAS Google…
Fish trawling and climate perturbations threaten the largest marine mercury sink
Driscoll, C. T., Mason, R. P., Chan, H. M., Jacob, D. J. & Pirrone, N. Mercury as a…
Unexpected decline in the ocean carbon sink under record-high sea surface temperatures in 2023
Data sources This study relied on four fCO2 products and two global ocean biogeochemical models, for which technical…