INTRO TO CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: one year of chemistry. Factors controlling the concentration and distribution of dissolved chemical species within the sea. The physical chemistry of seawater, ocean circulation and mixing, gas exchange and biogeochemical processes interact to influence the distribution and fate of elements in the ocean. The course examines in some detail the two-way interaction between marine ecosystems and their chemical environment, and the implications of these interactions for distributions in the ocean of carbon, nutrients and trace metals. Although this course does not cover specific strategies that have been proposed for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and ocean storage of carbon, it will cover the basic processes and principles underlying ocean CDR strategies.