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dc.contributor.authorArmstrong, Claire W.
dc.contributor.authorFoley, Naomi
dc.contributor.authorSlagstad, Dag
dc.contributor.authorChierici, Melissa
dc.contributor.authorEllingsen, Ingrid H.
dc.contributor.authorReigstad, Marit
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-16T09:11:06Z
dc.date.available2019-09-16T09:11:06Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-25
dc.description.abstractThe ocean capacity to store carbon is crucial, and currently absorbs about 25% CO<sub>2</sub> supply to the atmosphere. The ability to store carbon has an economic value, but such estimates are not common for ocean environments, and not yet estimated for the Arctic Ocean. With the severe climatic changes in the Arctic Ocean, impacting sea ice and potentially the vertical carbon transport mechanisms, a projection of future changes in Arctic Ocean carbon storage is also of interest. In order to value present and evolving carbon storage in the changing Arctic marine environment we combine an ocean model with an economic analysis. Placing a value on these changes helps articulate the importance of the carbon storage service to society. The standing stock and fluxes of organic and inorganic carbon from the atmosphere, rivers, shelves and through the gateways linking to lower latitudes, and to the deep of the Arctic Ocean are investigated using the physically chemically biologically coupled SINMOD model. To obtain indications of the effect of climate change, trajectories of two IPCC climate scenarios RCP 4.5, and RCP 8.5 from the Max Planck Institute were used for the period 2006–2099. The results show an increase in the net carbon storage in the Arctic Ocean in this time period to be 1.0 and 2.3% in the RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 scenarios, respectively. Most of this increase is caused by an increased atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> uptake until 2070. The continued increase in inorganic carbon storage between 2070 and 2099 results from increased horizontal influx from lower latitude marine regions. First estimates of carbon storage values in the Arctic Ocean are calculated using the social cost of carbon (SCC) and carbon market values as two outer bounds from 2019 to 2099, based on the simulated scenarios. We find the Arctic Ocean will over the time period studied increase its storage of carbon to a value of between €27.6 billion and €1 trillion. This paper clearly neglects a multitude of different negative consequences of climate change in the Arctic, but points to the fact that there are also some positive counterbalancing effects.en_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00331>https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00331. </a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationArmstrong, C.W., Foley, N.S., Slagstad, D., Chierici, M., Ellingsen, I. & Reigstad, M. (2019). Valuing blue carbon changes in the Arctic ocean. <i>Frontiers in Marine Science, 6</i>:331. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00331en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1721167
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fmars.2019.00331
dc.identifier.issn2296-7745
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/16199
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dc.relation.journalFrontiers in Marine Science
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/POLARPROG/226415/Norway/Bridging marine productivity regimes: How Atlantic advection affects productivity, carbon cycling and export in a melting Arctic Ocean//en_US
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/678760/EU/A Trans-AtLantic Assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based Spatial management plan for Europe/ATLASen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectblue carbonen_US
dc.subjectArctic Oceanen_US
dc.subjectcarbon fluxen_US
dc.subjecteconomic valueen_US
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497en_US
dc.titleValuing blue carbon changes in the Arctic oceanen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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