Articles | Volume 16, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-647-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-647-2024
Data description paper
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25 Jan 2024
Data description paper |  | 25 Jan 2024

A decade of marine inorganic carbon chemistry observations in the northern Gulf of Alaska – insights into an environment in transition

Natalie M. Monacci, Jessica N. Cross, Wiley Evans, Jeremy T. Mathis, and Hongjie Wang

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Marine carbonate system discrete profile data from the Gulf of Alaska (GAK) Seward Line cruises between 2008 and 2017 (NCEI Accession 0277034) Natalie M. Monacci, Jessica N. Cross, Seth L. Danielson, Wiley Evans, Russell R. Hopcroft, Jeremy T. Mathis, Calvin Mordy, Daniel Naber, Kristen L. Shake, Katherine Trahanovsky, Hongjie Wang, Thomas J. Weingartner, and Terry E. Whitledge https://doi.org/10.25921/x9sg-9b08

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As carbon dioxide is released into the air through human-generated activity, about one third dissolves into the surface water of oceans, lowering pH and increasing acidity. This is known as ocean acidification. We merged 10 years of ocean carbon data and made them publicly available for adaptation planning during a time of change. The data confirmed that Alaska is already experiencing the effects of ocean acidification due to naturally cold water, high productivity, and circulation patterns.
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