Interesting thing is that ocean has 100 times more dissolved CO2 than atmosphere. All anthropogenic CO2 will eventually dissolve in oceans (but it will take like 1000 years because of slow mixing of deep ocean layers). Currently ocean absorbs 1 ppm a year. More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_storage_of_carbon_dioxide
Changes of the ocean temperature could result in CO2 emissions into atmosphere, which could explain the observed historical correlation between CO2 and temperature. Not sure if it is true, but you may look deeper in the direction of changes of ocean’s CO2 content,
They are sure to play a very significant role in both carbon deposit AND temperature regulation, directly or indirectly.
However, even a 1000 year lag in carbon dioxide response hardly explains a 100,000 year cycle or even just the periodic 10,000 year change in the earth’s atmosphere, as shown in all graphs of the last million years. Or perhaps it does, but I wouldn’t know how.
It does not explain the sharp atmospheric 180 ppm bottom boundary either—precisely because the ocean is so much richer in carbon dioxide.
What would be really interesting is an overall balance of the oceans’ photosynthetic activity via algae, the conditions, limits and boundaries thereof and the sequestering of carbon in form of carbohydrates and lime, in context of the 100,000 year non- anthropogenic periodic natural climate change (I have a feeling that oceans and lime deposits might play their biggest role in longer-term effects, i.e. over millions of years- not so much in the “short term” as in millennial effects, but that’s just a hunch).
But that would need a real joint effort, I suppose.
So I have just concentrated on the possible causes and effects of terrestrial photosynthesis in relation to natural climate change here.
Even a coming mini solar ice age over 50 years would be mini both in effect and duration, compared with the overall longer term effects at play in natural, periodic climate change (and the possible anthropogenic disruption of it).
Interesting thing is that ocean has 100 times more dissolved CO2 than atmosphere. All anthropogenic CO2 will eventually dissolve in oceans (but it will take like 1000 years because of slow mixing of deep ocean layers). Currently ocean absorbs 1 ppm a year. More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_storage_of_carbon_dioxide
Changes of the ocean temperature could result in CO2 emissions into atmosphere, which could explain the observed historical correlation between CO2 and temperature. Not sure if it is true, but you may look deeper in the direction of changes of ocean’s CO2 content,
Yes, the oceans serve as a huge buffer (and deposit!) for CO2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIucNnxKick
They are sure to play a very significant role in both carbon deposit AND temperature regulation, directly or indirectly.
However, even a 1000 year lag in carbon dioxide response hardly explains a 100,000 year cycle or even just the periodic 10,000 year change in the earth’s atmosphere, as shown in all graphs of the last million years. Or perhaps it does, but I wouldn’t know how.
It does not explain the sharp atmospheric 180 ppm bottom boundary either—precisely because the ocean is so much richer in carbon dioxide.
What would be really interesting is an overall balance of the oceans’ photosynthetic activity via algae, the conditions, limits and boundaries thereof and the sequestering of carbon in form of carbohydrates and lime, in context of the 100,000 year non- anthropogenic periodic natural climate change (I have a feeling that oceans and lime deposits might play their biggest role in longer-term effects, i.e. over millions of years- not so much in the “short term” as in millennial effects, but that’s just a hunch).
But that would need a real joint effort, I suppose.
So I have just concentrated on the possible causes and effects of terrestrial photosynthesis in relation to natural climate change here.
Even a coming mini solar ice age over 50 years would be mini both in effect and duration, compared with the overall longer term effects at play in natural, periodic climate change (and the possible anthropogenic disruption of it).