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Enhanced ocean-atmosphere carbon partitioning via the carbonate counter pump during the last deglacial

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  • Stéphanie Duchamp-Alphonse

    (CNRS)

  • Giuseppe Siani

    (CNRS)

  • Elisabeth Michel

    (CEA-CNRS-UVSQ)

  • Luc Beaufort

    (CEREGE)

  • Yves Gally

    (CEREGE)

  • Samuel L. Jaccard

    (University of Bern)

Abstract

Several synergistic mechanisms were likely involved in the last deglacial atmospheric pCO2 rise. Leading hypotheses invoke a release of deep-ocean carbon through enhanced convection in the Southern Ocean (SO) and concomitant decreased efficiency of the global soft-tissue pump (STP). However, the temporal evolution of both the STP and the carbonate counter pump (CCP) remains unclear, thus preventing the evaluation of their contributions to the pCO2 rise. Here we present sedimentary coccolith records combined with export production reconstructions from the Subantarctic Pacific to document the leverage the SO biological carbon pump (BCP) has imposed on deglacial pCO2. Our data suggest a weakening of BCP during the phases of carbon outgassing, due in part to an increased CCP along with higher surface ocean fertility and elevated [CO2aq]. We propose that reduced BCP efficiency combined with enhanced SO ventilation played a major role in propelling the Earth out of the last ice age.

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  • Stéphanie Duchamp-Alphonse & Giuseppe Siani & Elisabeth Michel & Luc Beaufort & Yves Gally & Samuel L. Jaccard, 2018. "Enhanced ocean-atmosphere carbon partitioning via the carbonate counter pump during the last deglacial," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-04625-7
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04625-7
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    1. Shinya Iwasaki & Lester Lembke-Jene & Kana Nagashima & Helge W. Arz & Naomi Harada & Katsunori Kimoto & Frank Lamy, 2022. "Evidence for late-glacial oceanic carbon redistribution and discharge from the Pacific Southern Ocean," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.

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