Duke et al. (2023): Canada’s marine carbon sink: an early career perspective on the state of research and existing knowledge gaps
P.J. Duke, B. Richaud, R. Arruda, J. Länger, K. Schuler, P. Gooya, M.M.M. Ahmed, M.R. Miller, C.A. Braybrook, K. Kam, R. Piunno, Y. Sezginer , G. Nickoloff, A.C. Franco IN: Facets, https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2022-0214
A group of early career ocean professionals working in Canada, summarize current research and identify steps forward to improve the understanding of the marine carbon sink in Canadian national and offshore waters. The authors have compiled an extensive collection of reported surface ocean air–sea carbon dioxide exchange values within each of Canada’s three adjacent ocean basins. They review the current understanding of air–sea carbon fluxes and identify major challenges limiting our understanding in the Pacific, the Arctic, and the Atlantic Ocean. They focus on ways of reducing uncertainty to inform Canada’s carbon stocktake, establish baselines for marine carbon dioxide removal projects, and support efforts to mitigate and adapt to ocean acidification.