Reduced marine phytoplankton sulphur emissions in the Southern Ocean during the past seven glacials

K. Goto-Azuma; M. Hirabayashi; H. Motoyama; T. Miyake; T. Kuramoto; R. Uemura; M. Igarashi; Y. Iizuka; T. Sakurai; S. Horikawa; K. Suzuki; T. Suzuki; K. Fujita; Y. Kondo; S. Hattori; Y. Fujii

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11128-6

Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Reduced marine phytoplankton sulphur emissions in the Southern Ocean during the past seven glacials

K. Goto-Azuma,
M. Hirabayashi,
H. Motoyama,
T. Miyake,
T. Kuramoto,
R. Uemura,
M. Igarashi,
Y. Iizuka,
T. Sakurai,
S. Horikawa,
K. Suzuki,
T. Suzuki,
K. Fujita,
Y. Kondo,
S. Hattori,
Y. Fujii

Affiliations

K. Goto-Azuma: National Institute of Polar Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems
M. Hirabayashi: National Institute of Polar Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems
H. Motoyama: National Institute of Polar Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems
T. Miyake: National Institute of Polar Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems
T. Kuramoto: National Institute of Polar Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems
R. Uemura: National Institute of Polar Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems
M. Igarashi: National Institute of Polar Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems
Y. Iizuka: Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
T. Sakurai: National Institute of Polar Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems
S. Horikawa: Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
K. Suzuki: Faculty of Science, Shinshu University
T. Suzuki: Faculty of Science, Yamagata University
K. Fujita: Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University
Y. Kondo: National Institute of Polar Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems
S. Hattori: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Y. Fujii: National Institute of Polar Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11128-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

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Ice core derived marine biogenic sulphate does not agree with marine sediment records. Here based on new ice core records spanning the past 720,000 years obtained from Dome Fuji the authors propose that dust contributed a higher percentage of sulphate aerosols than previously thought.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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