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2023 Global Carbon Budget Report Emphasizes Urgent Need to Reduce Global Emissions

Laura Chaibongsai — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 18:01:39 +0000

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AOML Scientist Contributes to New UNESCO Report on Ocean Carbon

AOML Communications — Mon, 03 May 2021 17:10:40 +0000

In absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2), the oceans play a crucial role in regulating the climate, a role yet to be fully understood. However, the oceans’ ability to contribute to climate regulation may decline and even be reversed in the future. The oceans that are now the blue lungs of our planet, could end up contributing to global warming.

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AOML Contributes to Global Carbon Budget 2020

AOML Communications — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 16:15:30 +0000

On December 11, 2020 researchers with the Global Carbon Project released their annual update for the Global Carbon Budget. Daily global CO2 emissions are estimated to have decreased by a maximum of about 17% by early April 2020 compared to average levels in 2019. About half of this change is due to changes in surface transport, especially road transport, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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AOML Contributes Ocean Carbon Observations for the Global Carbon Budget 2019

AOML Communications — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 14:50:55 +0000

Every year the Global Carbon Project publishes an authoritative observation based Global Carbon Budget detailing the annual release of fossil fuel carbon dioxide and the uptake by the terrestrial biosphere and oceans. In 2018 the global carbon emissions were still increasing, but their rate of increase had slowed. Global carbon emissions are set to grow more slowly in 2019, with a decline in coal burning offset by strong growth in natural gas use worldwide.

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Live! Science at Sea: Gulf of Mexico Ocean Acidification Cruise

AOML Communications — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 22:09:24 +0000

On July 18, NOAA AOML and partner scientists will depart on the Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems and Carbon Cycle (GOMECC-3) research cruise in support of NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Monitoring Program. This isn’t the first time researchers will head to sea in this region. Previous cruises have taken place along the east and Gulf of Mexico (GOM) coasts of the US in both 2007 and 2012. Together, these cruises provide coastal ocean measurements of unprecedented quality that are used both to improve our understanding of where ocean acidification (OA) is happening and how ocean chemistry patterns are changing over time. This will be the most comprehensive OA cruise to date in this region, set to include sampling in the international waters of Mexico for the first time. Ocean acidification is a global issue with global impacts, and international collaboration like this is vital to understanding and adapting to our changing oceans.

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