Seasonal variability of Northern Adriatic’s carbonate system

The considerable amount of anthropogenic carbon dioxide absorbed by oceans since the Industrial Revolution, brought to acidification of the sea on a global scale and it represents one of the worst danger of this century for marine ecosystems. The negative impact of this phenomenon could be greater especially in coastal ecosystems, characterized by a higher variability, as the northern Adriatic Sea. The temporal and spatial variability of the carbonate system has been studied, on a seasonal scale, focusing on a representative area of the northern Adriatic Sea.