OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: A CRITICAL EMERGING PROBLEM FOR THE OCEAN SCIENCES
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: A CRITICAL EMERGING PROBLEM FOR THE OCEAN SCIENCES
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DOI：
10.5670/oceanog.2009.93
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发表时间：
2009-12-01
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影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Feely, Richard A.
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作者：
Doney, Scott C.;Balch, William M.;Feely, Richard A.
在不到十年的时间里，海洋酸化-由于大气中二氧化碳（CO2）水平的上升以及对海洋生物的后续影响而导致的海水化学变化-已成为海洋研究界和海洋资源管理者面临的最关键和最紧迫的问题之一。这期《海洋学》特刊的目的是概述目前对海洋酸化的科学认识，并指出我们现有知识中的重大差距。特刊中的论文讨论了海水化学的过去、当前和未来趋势;强调了海洋物种、生态系统和海洋资源对二氧化碳浓度升高的潜在脆弱性;并概述了未来研究方向的路线图。在这篇介绍性的文章中，我们简要介绍了海洋酸化和它如何如此迅速地出现，最近作为一个关键的研究课题的一些历史背景。
Over a period of less than a decade, ocean acidification-the change in seawater chemistry due to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and subsequent impacts on marine life-has become one of the most critical and pressing issues facing the ocean research community and marine resource managers alike. The objective of this special issue of Oceanography is to provide an overview of the current scientific understanding of ocean acidification as well as to indicate the substantial gaps in our present knowledge. Papers in the special issue discuss the past, current, and future trends in seawater chemistry; highlight potential vulnerabilities to marine species, ecosystems, and marine resources to elevated CO2; and outline a roadmap toward future research directions. In this introductory article, we present a brief introduction on ocean acidification and some historical context for how it emerged so quickly and recently as a key research topic.