Lenton, Andrew; et al. (2018): Assessing carbon dioxide removal through global and regional ocean alkalinization under high and low emission pathways

Lenton, Andrew; Matear, Richard J.; Keller, David P.; Scott, Vivian; Vaughan, Naomi E. (2018): Assessing carbon dioxide removal through global and regional ocean alkalinization under high and low emission pathways. In Earth Syst. Dynam. 9 (2), pp.[nbsp]339–357. DOI: 10.5194/esd-9-339-2018.

„Artificial ocean alkalinization (AOA) is capable of reducing atmospheric CO₂ concentrations and surface warming and addressing ocean acidification. Here, we simulate global and regional responses to alkalinity (ALK) addition (0.25 PmolALK yr⁻¹) over the period 2020–2100 using the CSIRO-Mk3L-COAL Earth System Model, under high (Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5; RCP8.5) and low (RCP2.6) emissions. While regionally there are large changes in alkalinity associated with locations of AOA, globally we see only a very weak dependence on where and when AOA is applied. „

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