Mingxi Yang

Oct 25, 2024 | nature.com | Daniel Ford |Jamie Shutler |Sophie Corrigan |Thomas Bell |Mingxi Yang |Vassilis Kitidis | +1 more

AbstractThe ocean annually absorbs about a quarter of all anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Global estimates of air–sea CO2 fluxes are typically based on bulk measurements of CO2 in air and seawater and neglect the effects of vertical temperature gradients near the ocean surface. Theoretical and laboratory observations indicate that these gradients alter air–sea CO2 fluxes, because the air–sea CO2 concentration difference is highly temperature sensitive.