Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

Strong time dependence of ocean acidification mitigation by atmospheric carbon dioxide removal

  • M. Hofmann,
  • S. Mathesius,
  • E. Kriegler,
  • D. P. van Vuuren,
  • H. J. Schellnhuber

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13586-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Carbon dioxide removal technologies are often touted as a potential strategy to combat ocean acidification. However, the authors show here that these strategies are only effective when included as part of aggressive and rapid climate-action, undermining the idea of geoengineering as a panacea.