Future changes in climate, ocean circulation, ecosystems, and biogeochemical cycling simulated for a business-as-usual CO2 emission scenario until year 4000 AD

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Schmittner, Andreas ^a   Oschlies, Andreas ^b   Matthews, H Damon ^c   Galbraith, Eric D ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 44249083189     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GB002953     Document Type: Article

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