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The Carbon Cycle
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- Look at past climatic change; as controlled by the carbon cycle.
- Interpret the influence of human changes(Anthropogenic Perturbations)
- Economic and Trade Policies
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EarthVenus
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States of water in the solar-system
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The Faint Young Sun Paradox
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The greenhouse effect
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This falseThis false--color Terra satellite image of color Terra satellite image of Earth shows infrared heat escaping to Earth shows infrared heat escaping to space.space.Greenhouse gases trap such heat and Greenhouse gases trap such heat and warm our planet. warm our planet.
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Relative percentage composition of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere
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Distribution of carbon reservoirs on Earth
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Pools Quantity (gt)Atmosphere 720
Oceans 38,400
Total inorganic 37,400
Surface Layer 670
Deep layer 36,730
Total Organic 1,000
Lithosphere
Sedimentary carbonates >60,000,000
Kerogens 15,000,000
Terrestrial biosphere (total) 2,000
Living Biomass 600-1,000
Dead Biomass 1,200
Aquatic biosphere 1-2
Fossil fuels 4,130
Coal 3,510
Oil 230
Gas 140
Other (peat) 250
Falkowski et al, 2002 Science, Vol 290, 291-296
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Values of carbon exchange between reservoirs
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Carbon Degassing
MÖrner and Etiope, Global and Planetary Change 33 (2002) 185-203
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Methane Hydrates
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Cross-section through the Earth
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The Ring of Fire
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Chemical weathering – Export of CO2 From the atmosphere
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The hydrological cycle
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Chemical Weathering
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Calcite (Carbonate) compensation depth (CCD) -- The depth in the ocean below which material composed of calcium carbonate is dissolved and does not accumulate on the sea floor
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Factors effecting the rate of chemical weathering
Temperature : Rate of chemicalreactions
Precipitation: Amount of H2O
Vegetation: Efficiency of delivery of CO2 to the soil
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Atmospheric CO2 Levels
Myrs ago
Falkowski and Raven 1997
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Faint Young Sun Paradox:
Negative feedback controls.
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Faint Young Sun paradox: Controlled by the Carbon cycle
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Rate of Tectonic Movement
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The Earth’s Orbit
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Long-term changes in tilt:Changes in the tilt of the Earth’s axis have occurred on a regular 41,000-year-cycle
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Long-term changes in eccentricity:The eccentricity of the Earth’s orbit varies at periods of 100,000 and 413,000 years.
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Long-term changes in precession: The precessional index changes mainly at a cycle of 23,000 years
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Review of Lecture 1
Aim:Cover the long-term processes of the carbon cycle.
- CO2 release into the atmosphere.- Removal of CO2 from the atmosphere via chemical weathering.
These processes have existed in a dynamic equilibrium that has kept the Earth’s climate relatively constant.
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The Faint Young Sun Paradox
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Atmospheric CO2 Levels
Myrs ago
Falkowski and Raven 1997
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The Carbon Balance each year...
• 6.3 Gt from fossil emissions• 1.6 Gt emitted from land-clearing
• Leaving a net 7.9 Gt in the atmosphere (estimated)
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The Balance each year...
• 6.3 Gt from fossil emissions• ca. 1.6 Gt emitted from land-clearing• 1.7 Gt net uptake into ocean systems • 3.0 Gt into terrestrial systems• Leaving a net 3.2 Gt in the atmosphere
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The evolution and global effect of photosynthetic organisms
Myrsago
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The Organic Carbon Cycle
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The Biological Pump
Z.Johanson; S.W., Chisholm Nature, V 40, p685
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Diatom
Coccolithophore
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Fertilizing the oceans:
IonEx - Experiments
HNLC: High Nutrient Low ChlorophyllIron is the limiting factor. Hypothesis to fertilize the ocean with iron, increase productivity of the phytoplankton, therefore increase amounts of carbon removed from the atmosphere.
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Ocean Circulation
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Ocean Sinks
• What are the ocean mechanisms?• Solubility pump
– CO2 taken up in high latitudes– Transported to low latitudes
• Biological pump– 45 Gt C /y uptake via a C pool of 1 Gt C of
phytoplankton– Mostly in low latitudes
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The Carbonate System
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Deffeyes Curve
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Foraminifera Coccolithophore
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Oxygen Fractionation
δ18O = (18O/16O)sample – (18O/16O)standard x1000(18O/16O)standard
2 stable (nonradioactive) isotopes of Oxygen:16O – 99.8%; 18O the rest.
Samples with large amounts of 18O have more positive δ18O values and are 18O-enriched
Samples with small amounts of 18O have more negative δ18O values and are 18O-depleted
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Oxygen fractionation (physical)
- 16O is more easily evaporated than 18O
- Leaving water vapor enriched in 16O
- If this vapor falls as precipitation and becomes locked up in ice-sheets (a cold climate) then surface waters become relatively 18O enriched
- δ18O values and are 18O-enriched
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Carbon Fractionation
δ13C = (13C/12C)sample – (13C/12C)standard x1000(13C/12C)standard
2 stable (nonradioactive) isotopes of Carbon:12C – 99%; 13C the rest.
Samples with large amounts of 13C have more positive δ13C values and are 13C-enriched
Samples with small amounts of 13C have more negative δ13C values and are 13C-depleted
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Rubisco: Fixes CO2
Preferentially fixes 12C
Carbon Fractionation during Oxygenic Photosynthesis
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Correlation of atmospheric Carbon and Ice Volume
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