Climate change increases riverine carbon outgassing, while export to the
ocean remains uncertain

Langerwisch, F.; Walz, A.; Rammig, A.; Tietjen, B.; Thonicke, K.; Cramer, W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-7-559-2016

Articles | Volume 7, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-7-559-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-7-559-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 3

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08 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 08 Jul 2016

Climate change increases riverine carbon outgassing, while export to the ocean remains uncertain

F. Langerwisch, A. Walz, A. Rammig, B. Tietjen, K. Thonicke, and W. Cramer

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RC C665: 'Review of MS submitted by Lanerwisch et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Oct 2015
- AC C973: 'Response letter to Anonymous Referee #1', Fanny Langerwisch, 21 Dec 2015
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- AC C987: 'Response letter to Anonymous Referee #2', Fanny Langerwisch, 21 Dec 2015

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (13 Jun 2016) by Rolf Aalto

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In Amazonia, carbon fluxes are considerably influenced by annual flooding. We applied the newly developed model RivCM to several climate change scenarios to estimate potential changes in riverine carbon. We find that climate change causes substantial changes in riverine organic and inorganic carbon, as well as changes in carbon exported to the atmosphere and ocean. Such changes could have local and regional impacts on the carbon budget of the whole Amazon basin and parts of the Atlantic Ocean.