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Atwood et al. 2024

Atwood, T.B., A. Romanou, T. DeVries, P.E. Lerner, J.S. Mayorga, D. Bradley, R.B. Cabral, G.A. Schmidt, and E. Sala, 2024: Atmospheric CO2 emissions and ocean acidification from bottom-trawling. Front. Mar. Sci., 10, 1125137, doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1125137.

Trawling the seafloor can disturb carbon that took millennia to accumulate, but the fate of that carbon and its impact on climate and ecosystems remains unknown. Using satellite-inferred fishing events and carbon cycle models, we find that 55-60% of trawling-induced aqueous CO2 is released to the atmosphere over 7-9 years. Using recent estimates of bottom trawling's impact on sedimentary carbon, we found that between 1996-2020 trawling could have released, at the global scale, up to 0.34-0.37 Pg CO2 yr-1 to the atmosphere, and locally altered water pH in some semi-enclosed and heavy trawled seas. Our results suggest that the management of bottom-trawling efforts could be an important climate solution.

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@article{at01000b,
  author={Atwood, T. B. and Romanou, A. and DeVries, T. and Lerner, P. E. and Mayorga, J. S. and Bradley, D. and Cabral, R. B. and Schmidt, G. A. and Sala, E.},
  title={Atmospheric CO2 emissions and ocean acidification from bottom-trawling},
  year={2024},
  journal={Frontiers in Marine Science},
  volume={10},
  pages={1125137},
  doi={10.3389/fmars.2023.1125137},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - at01000b
AU  - Atwood, T. B.
AU  - Romanou, A.
AU  - DeVries, T.
AU  - Lerner, P. E.
AU  - Mayorga, J. S.
AU  - Bradley, D.
AU  - Cabral, R. B.
AU  - Schmidt, G. A.
AU  - Sala, E.
PY  - 2024
TI  - Atmospheric CO2 emissions and ocean acidification from bottom-trawling
JA  - Front. Mar. Sci.
JO  - Frontiers in Marine Science
VL  - 10
SP  - 1125137
DO  - 10.3389/fmars.2023.1125137
ER  -

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