Low oxygen levels in tropical oceans shape marine ecosystems and biogeochemistry, and climate change is expected to expand these regions. Now a study indicates that regional dynamics control tropical oxygen trends, bucking projected global reductions in ocean oxygen.
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Doney, S., Karnauskas, K. Oxygen and climate dynamics. Nature Clim Change 4, 862–863 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2386
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