Changing Ocean Carbon Cycle - A Midterm Synthesis of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study

Klappentext The world's oceans act as a reservoir, with the capacity to absorb and retain carbon dioxide. The air-sea exchange of carbon is driven by physico-chemical forces, photosynthesis, and respiration, and has an important influence on atmospheric composition. Variability in the ocean carbon cycle could therefore exert significant feedback effects during conditions of climate change. The Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) is the first multidisciplinary program to directly address the interactions among the biology, chemistry, and physics of marine systems, with emphasis on the transport and transformations of carbon within the ocean and across its boundaries. This unique volume, written by an international panel of scientists, provides a synthesis of JGOFS science and its achievements to date. The authoritative chapters will be of great interest to readers seeking a current overview of the role of ocean processes in Earth system science and their wider implications for climate change. Zusammenfassung The world's oceans act as a reservoir for carbon dioxide and the ocean carbon cycle therefore has implications for the Earth's climate. This unique volume provides the first synthesis of an international joint study to further understanding of ocean processes and their implications on climate change.

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• Authors: Roger B. Hanson, Roger B. (Universitetet I Bergen Hanson, Roger B. Ducklow Hanson
• Assisted by: Hugh W. Ducklow (Editor), Hugh W. (College of William and Mary Ducklow (Editor), John G. Field (Editor), John G. (University of Cape Town) Field (Editor), Roger B. Hanson (Editor), Roger B. (Universitetet I Bergen Hanson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.01.2000
• EAN: 9780521651998
• ISBN: 978-0-521-65199-8
• No. of pages: 528
• Series: International Geosphere-Biosph; International Geosphere-biosphere Programme Book Series; International Geosphere-Biosph
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General