Communications Earth & Environment (Feb 2022)

Substantial loss of isoprene in the surface ocean due to chemical and biological consumption

  • Rafel Simó,
  • Pau Cortés-Greus,
  • Pablo Rodríguez-Ros,
  • Marta Masdeu-Navarro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00352-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Isoprene loss through chemical and biological consumption in the surface ocean is comparable or greater than loss via outgassing to the atmosphere, according to seawater incubation experiments conducted across contrasting regions of the global ocean.