Articles | Volume 11, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6955-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6955-2014
Research article
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11 Dec 2014
Research article |  | 11 Dec 2014

Projected pH reductions by 2100 might put deep North Atlantic biodiversity at risk

M. Gehlen, R. Séférian, D. O. B. Jones, T. Roy, R. Roth, J. Barry, L. Bopp, S. C. Doney, J. P. Dunne, C. Heinze, F. Joos, J. C. Orr, L. Resplandy, J. Segschneider, and J. Tjiputra

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This study evaluates potential impacts of pH reductions on North Atlantic deep-sea ecosystems in response to latest IPCC scenarios.Multi-model projections of pH changes over the seafloor are analysed with reference to a critical threshold based on palaeo-oceanographic studies, contemporary observations and model results. By 2100 under the most severe IPCC CO2 scenario, pH reductions occur over ~23% of deep-sea canyons and ~8% of seamounts – including seamounts proposed as marine protected areas.
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