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To understand the effect of chlorophyll solar absorption on coastal upwelling regions, Siyu Meng and colleagues use a coupled ocean–biogeochemistry model and find that chlorophyll absorption causes colder, stronger upwelling in the Pacific Ocean, but warmer, weaker upwelling in the Atlantic Ocean. The authors attribute this to phytoplankton spatial differences, with the Pacific Ocean having more surface chlorophyll, thus the water is warmed at the surface after being upwelled, while subsurface chlorophyll in the Atlantic Ocean causes warming deeper, with these waters then upwelled to the surface. These results highlight the importance of including biological processes into models to better understand ocean thermal structure and dynamics, as broader climate interactions.
Original reference:Geophys. Res. Lett. 51, e2024GL109714 (2024)
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