Ocean acidification may be increasing the intensity of lightning over the oceans

Abstract The anthropogenic increase in atmospheric CO2 is not only considered to drive global warming, but also ocean acidification. Previous studies have shown that acidification will affect many aspects of biogenic carbon uptake and release in the surface water of the oceans. In this report we pre...

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Autores principales:	Mustafa Asfur, Jacob Silverman, Colin Price
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2020
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b612164629e24a1a89e820a8456f86402021-12-02T11:57:56ZOcean acidification may be increasing the intensity of lightning over the oceans10.1038/s41598-020-79066-82045-2322https://doaj.org/article/b612164629e24a1a89e820a8456f86402020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79066-8https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The anthropogenic increase in atmospheric CO2 is not only considered to drive global warming, but also ocean acidification. Previous studies have shown that acidification will affect many aspects of biogenic carbon uptake and release in the surface water of the oceans. In this report we present a potential novel impact of acidification on the flash intensity of lightning discharged into the oceans. Our experimental results show that a decrease in ocean pH corresponding to the predicted increase in atmospheric CO2 according to the IPCC RCP 8.5 worst case emission scenario, may increase the intensity of lightning discharged into seawater by approximately 30 ± 7% by the end of the twenty-first century relative to 2000.Mustafa AsfurJacob SilvermanColin PriceNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2020)
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description	Abstract The anthropogenic increase in atmospheric CO2 is not only considered to drive global warming, but also ocean acidification. Previous studies have shown that acidification will affect many aspects of biogenic carbon uptake and release in the surface water of the oceans. In this report we present a potential novel impact of acidification on the flash intensity of lightning discharged into the oceans. Our experimental results show that a decrease in ocean pH corresponding to the predicted increase in atmospheric CO2 according to the IPCC RCP 8.5 worst case emission scenario, may increase the intensity of lightning discharged into seawater by approximately 30 ± 7% by the end of the twenty-first century relative to 2000.
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title	Ocean acidification may be increasing the intensity of lightning over the oceans
title_short	Ocean acidification may be increasing the intensity of lightning over the oceans
title_full	Ocean acidification may be increasing the intensity of lightning over the oceans
title_fullStr	Ocean acidification may be increasing the intensity of lightning over the oceans
title_full_unstemmed	Ocean acidification may be increasing the intensity of lightning over the oceans
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Ocean acidification may be increasing the intensity of lightning over the oceans

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