edu.ucar.opensky::articles:23314 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-25T15:16:03.980186 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7fb564s https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/otg.CO2SYS_MATLAB_v1.1 https Related Dataset #1 MATLAB Program Developed for CO2 System Calculations. ORNL/CDIAC-105b. The potential impact of nuclear conflict on ocean acidification 2020-02-16T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7fb564s https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086246 Lovenduski, N. S. author Harrison, C. S. author Olivarez, H. author Bardeen, Charles author Toon, O. B. author Coupe, J. author Robock, A. author Rohr, T. author Stevenson, S. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher We demonstrate that the global cooling resulting from a range of nuclear conflict scenarios would temporarily increase the pH in the surface ocean by up to 0.06 units over a 5-year period, briefly alleviating the decline in pH associated with ocean acidification. Conversely, the global cooling dissolves atmospheric carbon into the upper ocean, driving a 0.1 to 0.3 unit decrease in the aragonite saturation state (Omega(arag)) that persists for similar to 10 years. The peak anomaly in pH occurs 2 years post conflict, while the Omega(arag) anomaly peaks 4- to 5-years post conflict. The decrease in Omega(arag) would exacerbate a primary threat of ocean acidification: the inability of marine calcifying organisms to maintain their shells/skeletons in a corrosive environment. Our results are based on sensitivity simulations conducted with a state-of-the-art Earth system model integrated under various black carbon (soot) external forcings. Our findings suggest that regional nuclear conflict may have ramifications for global ocean acidification. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication Copyright 2020 American Geophysical Union. None eng geoscientificInformation