Changing carbon-to-nitrogen ratios of organic-matter export under ocean acidification

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 19 October 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00915-5

The biological pump sequesters carbon to the deep ocean. Ocean acidification, through impacts on plankton and food-web structure, is shown to alter the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio of organic material export, with heterotrophic processes playing a key role.