A study using models of ocean chemistry finds that ocean oxygen concentrations are sensitive to a ratio called the respiration quotient, and that measurements of the respiration quotient across latitudes and biomes suggest that the quotient increases with rising temperature--findings with implications for accelerated declines in ocean oxygen with rising global temperatures, according to the authors.
Article #20-04986: "Latitudinal gradient in the respiration quotient and the implications for ocean oxygen availability," by Allison R. Moreno et al.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences