Satellite Oceanographic Datasets for Acidification (OceanSODA)
Prime company: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER (GB)Since the beginning of the industrial revolution humans have released approximately 500 billion metric tons of carbon into the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels, cement production and land-use changes. About 30% of this carbon dioxide (CO2) has been taken up by the oceans, largely by the dissolution of this CO2 into seawater and subsequent reactions …