Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Evidence for late-glacial oceanic carbon redistribution and discharge from the Pacific Southern Ocean

  • Shinya Iwasaki,
  • Lester Lembke-Jene,
  • Kana Nagashima,
  • Helge W. Arz,
  • Naomi Harada,
  • Katsunori Kimoto,
  • Frank Lamy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33753-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Evaluation of foraminiferal test dissolution by Computed Tomography scanner provided deep seawater carbonate ion concentration at the Southern Ocean. Quantitative data highlighted the reconfiguration of glacial to deglacial carbon storage followed by oceanic-atmospheric CO2 transfer.