Emergence of anthropogenic signals in the ocean carbon cycle

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 19 August 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0553-2

The components of the ocean carbon cycle will respond differently to climate change, with anthropogenic impacts first seen on processes sensitive to chemical changes—the calcium carbonate pump and oceanic uptake of CO2—with the soft-tissue pump (sensitive to the ocean’s physical state) emerging later.