Sunny, EM and Balakrishnan, A and Balakrishnan, J and Kurths, J (2023) The ocean carbon sinks and climate change. In: Chaos, 33 (10).
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Abstract
The oceans act as major carbon dioxide sinks, greatly influencing global climate. Knowing how these sinks evolve would advance our understanding of climate dynamics. We construct a conceptual box model for the oceans to predict the temporal and spatial evolution of CO 2 of each ocean, and the time-evolution of their salinities. Surface currents, deep water flows, freshwater influx, and major fluvial contributions are considered, as also the effect of changing temperature with time. We uncover the strongest carbon uptake to be from the Southern Ocean, followed by the Atlantic. The North Atlantic evolves into the most saline ocean with time and increasing temperatures. The Amazon River is found to have significant effects on CO 2 sequestration trends. An alternative flow scenario of the Amazon is investigated, giving interesting insights into the global climate in the Miocene epoch. © 2023 Author(s).
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Chaos |
| Publisher: | American Institute of Physics Inc. |
| Additional Information: | The copyright for this article belongs to Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd |
| Department/Centre: | Others |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Mar 2024 05:14 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2024 05:14 |
| URI: | https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/84256 |
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