Ocean Biogeochemistry: The Role of the Ocean Carbon Cycle in Global Change

Oceans account for 50% of the anthropogenic CO₂ released into the atmosphere. During the past 15 years an international programme, the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS), has been studying the ocean carbon cycle to quantify and model the biological and physical processes whereby CO₂ is pumped from the ocean's surface to the depths of the ocean, where it can remain for hundreds of years. This project is one of the largest multi-disciplinary studies of the oceans ever carried out and this ...