This isn't very exciting, but it's kind of almost interesting so I thought I'd share. Basically stratospheric ozone depletion is increasing the strength of certain winds near the surface, which drive up carbon rich water from below the surface. This increases the amount of carbon near the surface, and so decreases the amount that can be absorbed from the atmosphere.
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2009/2009GL038227.shtml
They even quantified it on a global level, saying that ozone depletion since 1975 caused atmospheric CO2 concentrations to be 1.2 ppm higher by 2004 than they would be without this effect.
They also claim that this upwelling of deep water is accelerating ocean acidification (yes, in spite of the lower absorption of anthropogenic carbon). That part doesn't make a whole heck of a lot of sense to me, and they don't really explain it in the article.
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2009/2009GL038227.shtml
Quote:
Abstract:
Observational and atmospheric inversion studies find that the strength of the Southern Ocean carbon dioxide (CO2) sink is not increasing, despite rising atmospheric CO2. However, this is yet to be captured by contemporary coupled-climate-carbon-models used to predict future climate. We show that by accounting for stratospheric ozone depletion in a coupled-climate-carbon-model, the ventilation of carbon rich deep water is enhanced through stronger winds, increasing surface water CO2 at a rate in good agreement with observed trends. We find that Southern Ocean uptake is reduced by 2.47 PgC (1987–2004) and is consistent with atmospheric inversion studies. The enhanced ventilation also accelerates ocean acidification, despite lesser Southern Ocean CO2 uptake. Our results link two important anthropogenic changes: stratospheric ozone depletion and greenhouse gas increases; and suggest that studies of future climate that neglect stratospheric ozone depletion likely overestimate regional and global oceanic CO2 uptake and underestimate the impact of ocean acidification.
Observational and atmospheric inversion studies find that the strength of the Southern Ocean carbon dioxide (CO2) sink is not increasing, despite rising atmospheric CO2. However, this is yet to be captured by contemporary coupled-climate-carbon-models used to predict future climate. We show that by accounting for stratospheric ozone depletion in a coupled-climate-carbon-model, the ventilation of carbon rich deep water is enhanced through stronger winds, increasing surface water CO2 at a rate in good agreement with observed trends. We find that Southern Ocean uptake is reduced by 2.47 PgC (1987–2004) and is consistent with atmospheric inversion studies. The enhanced ventilation also accelerates ocean acidification, despite lesser Southern Ocean CO2 uptake. Our results link two important anthropogenic changes: stratospheric ozone depletion and greenhouse gas increases; and suggest that studies of future climate that neglect stratospheric ozone depletion likely overestimate regional and global oceanic CO2 uptake and underestimate the impact of ocean acidification.
They even quantified it on a global level, saying that ozone depletion since 1975 caused atmospheric CO2 concentrations to be 1.2 ppm higher by 2004 than they would be without this effect.
They also claim that this upwelling of deep water is accelerating ocean acidification (yes, in spite of the lower absorption of anthropogenic carbon). That part doesn't make a whole heck of a lot of sense to me, and they don't really explain it in the article.
