Ocean deoxygenation
Ocean deoxygenation is a term that has been suggested to describe the expansion of oxygen minimum zones in the world's oceans as a consequence of anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide [1][2].
Oceanographers and others have discussed what phrase best describes the phenomenon to non-specialists. Among the options considered have been 'ocean suffocation' (which was used in a news report from May 2008 [3]), 'ocean oxygen deprivation' [4], 'decline in ocean oxygen', 'marine deoxygenation', 'ocean oxygen depletion' and 'ocean hypoxia'.
Implications
Ocean deoxygenation poses implications for ocean productivity, nutrient cycling, carbon cycling, and marine habitats.[1][2]
Ocean model simulations predict a decline of up to 7% in the global ocean O2 content over the next hundred years. The decline of oxygen is projected to continue for a thousand years or more.[3]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.voanews.com/content/scientists-say-oceans-are-rapidly-losing-oxygen/3313942.html
- ^ https://weather.com/science/environment/news/global-warming-starving-west-coast-waters-of-oxygen
- ^ "Ocean Deoxygenation in a Warming World" (PDF). Annual Review of Marine Science. 2010. doi:10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163855.
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- 1.^ Expanding Oxygen-Minimum Zones in the Tropical Oceans by L. Stramma et al. doi:10.1126/science.1153847
- 2.^ [Biotic and Human Vulnerability to Projected Changes in Ocean Biogeochemistry over the 21st Century by Mora et al. Plos Biology, 11 e1001682, 2013 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001682
- 3.^ Ocean Dead Zones Growing; May Be Linked to Warming National Geographic News, May 1, 2008
- 4.^ A problem without a name The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Oct 13, 2008
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