Sulphur aerosols contribute to the regulation of the Earth's climate. Biogenic sulphur emissions from the Southern Ocean have been underestimated, and could be further enhanced owing to climate warming, according to observations and model simulations.
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Levasseur, M. If Gaia could talk. Nature Geosci 4, 351–352 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1175
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