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Multi-faceted particle pumps drive carbon sequestration in the ocean

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  • Philip W. Boyd

    (University of Tasmania)

  • Hervé Claustre

    (Sorbonne Université & CNRS, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-mer (LOV))

  • Marina Levy

    (Sorbonne Université, LOCEAN-IPSL, CNRS/IRD/MNHN)

  • David A. Siegel

    (University of California, Santa Barbara)

  • Thomas Weber

    (University of Rochester)

Abstract

The ocean’s ability to sequester carbon away from the atmosphere exerts an important control on global climate. The biological pump drives carbon storage in the deep ocean and is thought to function via gravitational settling of organic particles from surface waters. However, the settling flux alone is often insufficient to balance mesopelagic carbon budgets or to meet the demands of subsurface biota. Here we review additional biological and physical mechanisms that inject suspended and sinking particles to depth. We propose that these ‘particle injection pumps’ probably sequester as much carbon as the gravitational pump, helping to close the carbon budget and motivating further investigation into their environmental control.

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  • Philip W. Boyd & Hervé Claustre & Marina Levy & David A. Siegel & Thomas Weber, 2019. "Multi-faceted particle pumps drive carbon sequestration in the ocean," Nature, Nature, vol. 568(7752), pages 327-335, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:568:y:2019:i:7752:d:10.1038_s41586-019-1098-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1098-2
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