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KOSMOS 2023 Helgoland mesocosm study on ocean alkalinity enhancement: sediment trap particle flux data and water column biogeochemistry

The data presented herein originates from a mesocosm study conducted as part of the BMBF CDRmare, Retake project (grant agreement no. 03F0895A), aimed at investigating the ecological ramifications of ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE). Twelve mesocosms were deployed in Helgoland South Harbor, Germany, and systematically sampled using integrated water samplers over the period spanning from March 12th to April 20th, 2023. Six alkalinity levels under two dilution scenarios were established to differentiate between localized and uniform OAE additions. Alkalinity was increased stepwise to ΔTAmax = 1250 μmol kg-1 (250 μmol TA kg-1 increments) using sodium hydroxide (NaOH) with calcium chloride (CaCl2) to simulate cation release during calcium-based mineral dissolution, causing strong carbonate chemistry perturbations (e.g., pHT > 9.25). The dataset encompasses a spectrum of sediment trap particle flux data, water column biogeochemistry including pigment variables, inorganic nutrients, carbonate chemistry parameters. The study and data set offer insights into impacts of alkalinity enhancement on marine ecosystems and their associated biogeochemistry.

Pore-water pH, H2S, Cl-, SO42-, SiO2, NO2-, PO43-, NH4+, NO3-, major and trace element data from MUC cores taken during RV HEINCKE cruises HE575 and HE595 in the Helgoland Mud Area, German Bight

This dataset includes downcore measurements of pH values, H2S, Cl-, SO42-, SiO2, NO2-, PO43-, NH4+, NO3-, As, Ba, Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, P, Si and Sr concentrations for sediment cores retrieved using multi-corer sampling during RV Heincke expeditions HE575 and HE595 in 2021 and 2022, respectively. The samples were collected in the framework of the Project APOC (Anthropogenic impacts on particulate organic carbon cycling in the North Sea). All measurements were performed in the laboratories of the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany, except pH values, which were determined onboard the research vessel.

Concentrations and loadings of alkanes in surface sediments of Helgoland Mud Area in the North Sea

Surface sediment were extracted 4 times by ultrasonication with dichloromethane: methanol (9:1, v/v) for 15 min for FAs and alkanes. For quantification of FAs and alkanes, known amounts of 19-methylarachidic acid and squalane were added as internal standards prior to extraction. Supernatants from each extraction were obtained by centrifugation and combined. The total lipid extracts were concentrated and evaporated under a nitrogen stream. The total lipid extracts were saponified for 2 h at 80 °C with 1 mL of KOH (0.1 M) in methanol: H2O (9:1, v/v). After saponification, the neutral fractions were liquid-liquid extracted with n-hexane and alkanes were eluted from the neutral fractions by silica gel column chromatography with n-hexane. The remaining KOH solution was acidified to pH 1, from which FA were liquid-liquid extracted into dichloromethane. The extracted and dried FAs were converted to methyl ester derivatives (FAMEs) in methanol: HCl (95:5, v/v) at 60 °C for 12 h. After methylation, the FAME fraction was further purified by silica gel column chromatography using dichloromethane: hexane (2:1, v/v) to remove residual polar compounds. FAMEs and alkanes were analyzed on a 7890A gas chromatograph (GC) equipped with a DB-5MS fused silica capillary column (60 m, 250 µm, 0.25 µm) and a flame ionization detector (FID). Peak areas were determined by integrating the respective peaks and concentrations were calculated against the internal standards. FAME contents were subsequently corrected for the derivative methyl carbon to determine FA contents. FAs and alkanes were normalized to OC content.

Mesocosm experiment on the influence of heatwave on plankton

In the context of global change, marine organisms are subjected not only to gradual changes in abiotic parameters, but also to an increasing number of extreme events, such as heatwaves. However, we still know little about the influence of heatwaves on the structure of marine communities, and experimental studies are needed to test the impact of heatwaves alone, and in combination with other environmental drivers. Here, we conducted a mesocosm experiment and applied an integrated multiple driver design to assess the potential impact of heatwaves under ambient and future environmental conditions on natural coastal plankton communities. To represent future environmental conditions, temperature and pH were manipulated based on the Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 proposed by the IPCC for 2100, and dissolved N:P ratios were increased to simulate the conditions expected in European coastal zones. Throughout the experiment, we measured abiotic conditions as well as the abundance of bacterioplankton, phytoplankton, and microzooplankton.

Entwicklung eines Methanoxidationskatalysators auf Basis von biogenem Silica für die Entfernung von Methan im Abgas von Biogas-BHKW, Teilvorhaben: Applikation und Einführung eines umweltfreundlichen Oxidationskatalysators in die industrielle Fertigung für marktspezifische Anwendungen

Das Projekt hat die Entwicklung und Untersuchung eines hinreichend aktiven sowie langzeitstabilen Katalysators zur Oxidation von Methan im Abgas von Biogas-Blockheizkraftwerken (BHKW) zum Ziel. Die Basis dafür bildet pulverförmiges biogenes Silica, welches aus der energetischen Verwertung von biogenen Rest- und Abfallstoffen gewonnen wird. Zusammen mit den aktiven Komponenten wird dies einerseits als Washcoat auf a-Aluminiumoxid Hohlkugeln aufgebracht. Andererseits werden Hohlkugeln aus dem pulverförmigen Katalysator gefertigt. Im Projektverlauf wird die Katalysatorentwicklung ausgehend vom Labormaßstab nach Upscaling auch unter realen Bedingungen abgebildet. Die Untersuchungen sollen unter Praxisbedingungen durchgeführt werden. Dabei soll unter Verwendung einer mobilen Katalysatortestapparatur mit Realabgas und nachfolgend direkt im BHKW-Abgasstrang der Nachweis der Praxistauglichkeit geführt werden.

Physical and chemical parameters of sediment core SAC05 from Sacrower See (NE Germany) provide a robust reconstruction of climate change and human impact since 13,000 cal. BP

The 11.8 m-long composite sediment record from the hardwater lake of Sacrower See, located near the city of Potsdam (north-eastern Germany), has been characterised by a range of analytical techniques. These include magnetic susceptibility, chemical parameters (XRF core scanning, CNS analysis, biogenic silica) and stable isotopes (13C, 15N). The chronology covers the entire Holocene and the concluding Lateglacial (Alleröd, Younger Dryas) and is based on age-depth modelling using radiocarbon dates refined by the onset of the local varve chronology in 1870 CE (Lüder et al., 2006) and by the Laacher See Tephra, an isochrone dated to 13,000 cal. BP. It offers a detailed environmental reconstruction providing insights into depositional processes influenced by both natural climatic variations and human activities (Enters et al., 2009; Kirilova et al., 2009). The Lateglacial and Early Holocene are distinguished by the stabilisation of natural landscapes characterised by the presence of pine-birch (Alleröd) and mixed oak forests (Early Holocene). This development was interrupted by the climatic deterioration of the Younger Dryas, which resulted in a destabilisation of vegetation and increased natural soil erosion. It is evident that, for the first time around 5500 cal. BP, anthropogenic forest clearing became a factor, which subsequently led to increasing cultural soil erosion further accelerating during the Bronze Age (3600-3200 cal. BP), the Early Iron Age (2800-2600 cal. BP) and the Middle Ages (900-600 cal. BP). In the course of industrialisation since the 19th century, human impact underwent a transition from the destabilisation of soils to the phenomenon of eutrophication. This transition resulted in the occurrence of hypolimnetic anoxia, accompanied by the formation of carbonaceous varves.

Updated global compilation of coccolithophore calcification measurements from unperturbed water samples including ancillary data

This database expands the Poulton et al., 2018 (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.888182) database of pelagic calcium carbonate (CP) rate measurements from isotopic tracer uptake in incubated discrete water samples, as discussed in Daniels et al., 2018 (doi:10.5194/essd-10-1859-2018), and accompanies Marsh et al. (in prep.). The database now includes more CP (new data n = 400; complete database n = 3165), net primary production rate (PP) (new data n = 399; complete database n = 3150), total coccolithophore cell counts (new data n = 240; complete database n = 1512), and Emiliania huxleyi cell counts (new data n = 27; complete database n = 612). This expanded database maintains the record of data, including the principal investigator, expedition, OS region, doi reference (where available), collection date and year, sample ID, latitude, longitude, sampling and light depth, and method of measuring CP. We further expand the Poulton et al. (2018) data collection by including ancillary and environmental data, including: optical depth (OD, n = 3165), pHtotal (hereinafter referred to as pHT, n = 398), temperature (n = 1160), salinity (n = 1161), and the concentrations of chlorophyll a (n = 1363), NOx (NO3 or the sum of NO3 + NO2, n = 1161), silicic acid (Si(OH)4, n= 1156), phosphate (PO4, n = 1232), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC, n = 318), total alkalinity (TA, n = 307), bicarbonate ion concentration (n = 349), and carbonate ion concentration (n = 352). All data was matched to CP, sample bottle identifiers (Niskin bottle numbers), and/or sampling depth values. This global database (81 °N - 64 °S, 132 °E - 174 °W) now covers expeditions and upper ocean measurements (0 - 193 m) from 1989 to 2024. Global in-situ geolocated data spanning time is valuable for modelling, satellite algorithms, and capturing calcium carbonate production in the global ocean. This expanded database, including the environmental, nutrient, chlorophyll a, and carbonate chemistry data, also allows for analysis of factors influencing calcium carbonate production on a global scale. This data amalgamation contributes to understanding the biogeochemistry of the oceans, global carbon cycle, and ocean acidification.

Elementkarte der Digitalen Lithogeochemischen Karte von Bayern 1:25.000 (dLGK25) - Siliziumdioxid (P90)

Die Elementkarte stellt die räumliche Verteilung der klassifizierten Gehalte des 90. Perzentils von Siliziumdioxid (in Gew.-%) innerhalb der 184 geochemischen Gesteinseinheiten in Bayern dar. In die Auswertung gehen dabei nur die Daten der ersten (von maximal drei) Lithologien einer geochemischen Gesteinseinheit ein. Für Informationen im Hinblick auf die Auswertung der Daten sowie auf die kartenmäßige Darstellung wird auf die Metadaten der digitalen Lithogeochemischen Karte 1:25 000 von Bayern (dLGK25) verwiesen.

Elementkarte der Digitalen Lithogeochemischen Karte von Bayern 1:25.000 (dLGK25) - Siliziumdioxid (P50)

Die Elementkarte stellt die räumliche Verteilung der klassifizierten Gehalte des 50. Perzentils von Siliziumdioxid (in Gew.-%) innerhalb der 184 geochemischen Gesteinseinheiten in Bayern dar. In die Auswertung gehen dabei nur die Daten der ersten (von maximal drei) Lithologien einer geochemischen Gesteinseinheit ein. Für Informationen im Hinblick auf die Auswertung der Daten sowie auf die kartenmäßige Darstellung wird auf die Metadaten der digitalen Lithogeochemischen Karte 1:25 000 von Bayern (dLGK25) verwiesen.

Seawater carbonate chemistry and mass fluxes and elemental composition of particulate export in KOSMOS mesocosm experiments (2010-2014)

Diatoms account for up to 40% of marine primary production and require silicic acid to grow and build their opal shell. On the physiological and ecological level, diatoms are thought to be resistant to, or even benefit from, ocean acidification. Yet, global-scale responses and implications for biogeochemical cycles in the future ocean remain largely unknown. Here we conducted five in situ mesocosm experiments with natural plankton communities in different biomes and find that ocean acidification increases the elemental ratio of silicon (Si) to nitrogen (N) of sinking biogenic matter by 17 ± 6 per cent under pCO2 conditions projected for the year 2100. This shift in Si:N seems to be caused by slower chemical dissolution of silica at decreasing seawater pH. We test this finding with global sediment trap data, which confirm a widespread influence of pH on Si:N in the oceanic water column. Earth system model simulations show that a future pH-driven decrease in silica dissolution of sinking material reduces the availability of silicic acid in the surface ocean, triggering a global decline of diatoms by 13–26 per cent due to ocean acidification by the year 2200. This outcome contrasts sharply with the conclusions of previous experimental studies, thereby illustrating how our current understanding of biological impacts of ocean change can be considerably altered at the global scale through unexpected feedback mechanisms in the Earth system.

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