Abstract
Ocean Acidification Earth will witness a massive change in ocean acidification in this century. Ocean acidification adversely affects marine biodiversity and biogeochemistry. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is especially important for its role in storing roughly 700 Gt of carbon. Zark et al. used large mesocosms suspended in a Swedish fjord to measure DOM response to acidification likely to be experienced in the year 2100. Encouragingly, despite enormously complex system dynamics, DOM in acidified mesocosms rarely differed from that in controls. We're not necessarily off the hook, but at least carbon stored in DOM may withstand the insult of acidification that our excessive generation of CO2 will create in this century. Sci Adv. 10.1126.sciadv.1500531 (2015).
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