Ocean acidification and ocean carbon cycle

The Caldeira lab engages in research to predict future ocean chemistry changes and the impact of those changes on marine biota, as well as to improve our understanding of the ocean carbon cycle and ocean biogeochemistry.

• 2011: Potential influence of sea cucumbers on coral reef CaCO3 budget: A case study at One Tree Reef (Schneider et al., JGR)
• 2011: Ocean acidification and warming will lower coral reef resilience (Anthony et al., Global Change Biology)
• 2010: Can ocean iron fertilization mitigate ocean acidification? (Cao and Caldeira, Climatic Change)
• 2009: The role of ocean transport in the uptake of anthropogenic CO2 (Cao et al. Biogeosciences)
• 2009: Coral reefs may start dissolving when atmospheric CO2 doubles (Silverman et al., GRL)
• 2009: Sensitivity of ocean acidification to geoengineered climate stabilization (Matthews et al., GRL)
• 2008: Atmospheric CO2 stabilization and ocean acidification (Cao and Caldeira, GRL)
• 2008: Carbon emissions and acidification (Zeebe et al., Science)
• 2007: Impact of circulation on export production, dissolved organic matter, and dissolved oxygen in the ocean: Results from Phase II of the Ocean Carbon-cycle Model Intercomparison Project (Najjar et al., GBC)
• 2007: Comment on "Modern-age buildup of CO2 and its effects on seawater acidity and salinity" (Caldeira et al., GRL)
• 2007: Coral reefs under rapid climate change and ocean acidification (Guldberg et al., Science)
• 2007: Effects of carbon dioxide and climate change on ocean acidification and carbonate mineral saturation (Cao et al., GRL)
• 2007: Seasonal rhythms of net primary production and particulate organic carbon flux to depth describe the efficiency of biological pump in the global ocean (Lutz et al., JGR)
• 2007: What corals are dying to tell us about CO2 and ocean acidification (Caldeira, Oceanography)
• 2006: Forests, climate, and silicate rock weathering (Caldeira, JGE)
• 2005: Intrabasin comparison of surface radiocarbon levels in the Indian Ocean between coral records and three-dimensional global ocean models (Grumet et al., GBC)
• 2005: Ocean model predictions of chemistry changes from carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere and ocean (Caldeira and Wickett, JGR)
• 2004: Evaluating global ocean carbon models: The importance of realistic physics (Doney et al., GBC)
• 2004: Evaluation of ocean carbon cycle models with data-based metrics (Matsumoto et al., GRL)
• 2003: Effect of horizontal grid resolution on simulations of oceanic CFC-11 uptake and direct injection of anthropogenic CO2 (Wicket et al., JGR)
• 2003: Anthropogenic carbon and ocean pH (Caldeira and Wickett, Nature)
• 2003: Carbon isotope constraints on vertical mixing and air-sea CO2 exchange (Fallon et al., GRL)
• 2002: Depth, radiocarbon, and the effectiveness of direct CO2 injection as a carbon sequestration strategy (Caldeira et al., GRL)
• 2002: Evaluation of ocean model ventilation with CFC-11: comparison of 13 global ocean models (Dutay et al., Ocean Modelling)
• 2000: The role of the Southern ocean in uptake and storage of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (Caldeira and Duffy, Science)
• 1999: Seawater pH and atmospheric carbon dioxide (Caldeira and Berner, Science)
• 1997: Sensitivity of simulated salinity in a three-dimensional ocean to upper-ocean transport of salt from sea-ice formation (Duffy and Caldeira, GRL)
• 1995: A three-dimensional model calculation of ocean uptake of bomb 14C and implications for the global budget of bomb 14C (Duffy and Caldeira, GBC)
• 1995: Effect of improved subgrid scale transport of tracers on uptake of bomb radiocarbon in the GFDL ocean general circulation model (Duffy et al., GRL)
• 1989: Evolutionary pressures on planktonic production of atmospheric sulphur (Caldeira, Nature)
• Royal Society of London report on Ocean Acidification (1 MB)
• Ocean chapter of the IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (4 MB)