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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1961-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1961-2018
Research article
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11 Dec 2018
Research article |  | 11 Dec 2018

Ocean carbon inventory under warmer climate conditions – the case of the Last Interglacial

Augustin Kessler, Eirik Vinje Galaasen, Ulysses Silas Ninnemann, and Jerry Tjiputra

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We analyze the changes in oceanic carbon dynamics, using a state-of-the-art Earth system model, by comparing two quasi-equilibrium states: the early, warm Eemian (125 ka) versus the cooler, late Eemian (115 ka). Our results suggest a considerably weaker ocean dissolved inorganic carbon storage at 125 ka, an alteration of the deep-water geometry and ventilation in the South Atlantic, and heterogeneous changes in phosphate availability and carbon export between the Pacific and Atlantic basins.
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