中文摘要：

海洋是地球上最大的活跃碳库，发挥着全球气候变化“缓冲器”的作用，研究海洋碳循环过程与储碳机制是当前的国际热点。然而，地球系统的复杂性注定了这个重大命题必须通过学科交叉、古今结合才能取得较全面的认识和新的突破。

英文摘要：

The ocean is the world＇ s largest active carbon pool and buffers global climate change. Current sci- entific research focuses on ocean carbon cycling and carbon sequestration mechanisms. The new cognition can be successfully reached only through interdisciplinary and integrative studies of the past and present oceans.