Frontiers in Marine Science (Dec 2022)
The increasing big gap of carbon sink between the western and eastern Pacific in the last three decades
- Guorong Zhong,
- Guorong Zhong,
- Guorong Zhong,
- Guorong Zhong,
- Xuegang Li,
- Xuegang Li,
- Xuegang Li,
- Xuegang Li,
- Jinming Song,
- Jinming Song,
- Jinming Song,
- Jinming Song,
- Baoxiao Qu,
- Baoxiao Qu,
- Baoxiao Qu,
- Fan Wang,
- Fan Wang,
- Fan Wang,
- Fan Wang,
- Yanjun Wang,
- Yanjun Wang,
- Bin Zhang,
- Bin Zhang,
- Detong Tian,
- Detong Tian,
- Detong Tian,
- Detong Tian,
- Jun Ma,
- Jun Ma,
- Jun Ma,
- Huamao Yuan,
- Huamao Yuan,
- Huamao Yuan,
- Huamao Yuan,
- Liqin Duan,
- Liqin Duan,
- Liqin Duan,
- Liqin Duan,
- Ning Li,
- Ning Li,
- Ning Li,
- Ning Li,
- Qidong Wang,
- Qidong Wang,
- Qidong Wang,
- Jianwei Xing,
- Jianwei Xing,
- Jianwei Xing
Affiliations
- Guorong Zhong
- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Guorong Zhong
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Guorong Zhong
- Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Guorong Zhong
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Xuegang Li
- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Xuegang Li
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Xuegang Li
- Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Xuegang Li
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Jinming Song
- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Jinming Song
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Jinming Song
- Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Jinming Song
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Baoxiao Qu
- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Baoxiao Qu
- Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Baoxiao Qu
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Fan Wang
- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Fan Wang
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Fan Wang
- Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Fan Wang
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Yanjun Wang
- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Yanjun Wang
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Bin Zhang
- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Bin Zhang
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Detong Tian
- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Detong Tian
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Detong Tian
- Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Detong Tian
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Jun Ma
- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Jun Ma
- Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Jun Ma
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Huamao Yuan
- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Huamao Yuan
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Huamao Yuan
- Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Huamao Yuan
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Liqin Duan
- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Liqin Duan
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Liqin Duan
- Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Liqin Duan
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Ning Li
- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Ning Li
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Ning Li
- Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Ning Li
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Qidong Wang
- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Qidong Wang
- Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Qidong Wang
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Jianwei Xing
- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Jianwei Xing
- Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Jianwei Xing
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1088181
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9
Abstract
The Pacific Ocean is one of the important carbon sink regions, and there is a significant west-east difference in sea-air CO2 flux. However, the influence of the long-standing greater CO2 uptakes in the western Pacific than in the east and the dynamic change of this west-east difference remain unclear. In this paper, using the gridded surface ocean pCO2 product constructed by the stepwise FFNN algorithm, we reported an increasing west-east CO2 flux difference from 0.41 PgC yr-1 in 1992 to 0.73 PgC yr-1 in 2020. This increase was mainly attributed to the strengthening western Pacific carbon sink and relatively stable eastern Pacific carbon source. During El Nino events, the west-east CO2 flux difference decreased significantly in a few years, and it then rose back rapidly when El Nino events ended. In addition, the increasing west-east difference in CO2 uptakes during the last three decades did not lead to a higher acidification speed in the western surface temperate Pacific than the east. The greater CO2 absorbed in the west was mainly transported to the deeper waters and caused a more significant carbon inventory change at 200-600 m than the eastern Pacific.
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