Data from: Global inland-water oxygen cycle has changed in the Anthropocene
Data files
Feb 05, 2026 version files 10.34 MB
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Fig2a.Changes_in_global_inland-water_oxygen_production_during_1900-2010.csv
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Fig2b.Global_inland-water_O2_production_kg_per_grid_per_year_1900.asc
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Fig2c.Global_inland-water_O2_production_kg_per_grid_per_year_2010.asc
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Fig3a.Changes_in_global_inland-water_oxygen_consumption_during_1900-2010.csv
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Fig3b.Global_inland-water_O2_consumption_kg_per_grid_per_year_1900.asc
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Fig3c.Global_inland-water_O2_consumption_kg_per_grid_per_year_2010.asc
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Fig4a.Changes_in_global_inland-water_oxygen_cycling_budget_during_1900-2010.csv
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Fig4b.Changes_in_global_inland-water_net_oxygen_production(production-consumption)_during_1900-2010.csv
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Fig4c.Changes_in_the_ratio_of_inland-water_oxygen_production_to_consumption_during_1900-2010.csv
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Fig4d.Role_of_inland_waters_in_the_present-day_global_total_oxygen_budget.csv
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README.md
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Abstract
Inland waters are an important resource, a highly diverse habitat, and a key component of global biogeochemical cycles. Oxygen plays a major role in inland-water ecosystem functioning, but long-term changes in its cycling remain unknown. Here we quantify global inland-water oxygen production, consumption, and exchange with the atmosphere during 1900-2010 using a spatially-explicit, mass-balanced, mechanistic model which takes into account changes in climate, hydrology, human activities, and the coupled biogeochemical (oxygen-nutrient-organic matter) dynamics. The model results show that global inland-water oxygen turnover increased during 1900-2010: production from 0.16 to 0.94 Pg yr-1 and consumption from 0.44 to 1.47 Pg yr-1. Inland waters overall remained heterotrophic and a sink of atmospheric oxygen. Direct human perturbations (changes in hydrology and nutrient supply) were more important in increasing oxygen turnover than indirect effects via warming.
Dataset DOI: 10.5061/dryad.x69p8czt2
Description of the data and file structure
Global inland-water oxygen cycle has changed in the Anthropocene
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.x69p8czt2
Files and variables
For more details, please read the paper: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adr1695
File: Fig2b.Global_inland-water_O2_production_kg_per_grid_per_year_1900.asc
Description: raw data of Fig.2b. spatial distributions in the simulated global oxygen production in inland waters at a resolution of 0.5° × 0.5° in 1900.
The file can be opened with txt, but keeps the format of spatial map.
File: Fig3b.Global_inland-water_O2_consumption_kg_per_grid_per_year_1900.asc
Description: raw data of Fig.3b. spatial distributions in the simulated global oxygen consumption in inland waters at a resolution of 0.5° × 0.5° in 1900.
The file can be opened with txt, but keeps the format of spatial map.
File: Fig2c.Global_inland-water_O2_production_kg_per_grid_per_year_2010.asc
Description: raw data of Fig.2c. spatial distributions in the simulated global oxygen production in inland waters at a resolution of 0.5° × 0.5° in 2010.
The file can be opened with txt, but keeps the format of spatial map.
File: Fig3c.Global_inland-water_O2_consumption_kg_per_grid_per_year_2010.asc
Description: raw data of Fig.3c. spatial distributions in the simulated global oxygen consumption in inland waters at a resolution of 0.5° × 0.5° in 2010.
The file can be opened with txt, but keeps the format of spatial map.
File: Fig2a.Changes_in_global_inland-water_oxygen_production_during_1900-2010.csv
Description: raw data of Fig.2a. temporal changes in the simulated global oxygen production in inland waters during 1900-2010.
Variables
- decade
- total_production_mean(PgO2/yr)
- total_production_min(PgO2/yr)
- total_production_max(PgO2/yr)
File: Fig3a.Changes_in_global_inland-water_oxygen_consumption_during_1900-2010.csv
Description: raw data of Fig.3a.temporal changes in the simulated global oxygen consumption in inland waters during 1900-2010.
Variables
- decade
- total_consumption_mean(PgO2/yr)
- total_consumption_min(PgO2/yr)
- total_consumption_max(PgO2/yr)
File: Fig4a.Changes_in_global_inland-water_oxygen_cycling_budget_during_1900-2010.csv
Description: raw data of Fig.4a.temporal changes in the simulated global inland-water oxygen cycling budget during 1900-2010
Variables
- decade
- exchange_with_atmosphere_mean(PgO2/yr)
- total_production_mean(PgO2/yr)
- external_oxygen_input_mean(PgO2/yr)
- river_export_to_ocean_mean(PgO2/yr)
- total_consumption_mean(PgO2/yr)
File: Fig4b.Changes_in_global_inland-water_net_oxygen_production(production-consumption)_during_1900-2010.csv
Description: raw data of Fig.4b.net oxygen production (i.e., the difference between oxygen production and consumption) in global inland waters during 1900-2010
Variables
- decade
- total_production_mean(PgO2/yr)
- total_consumption_mean(PgO2/yr)
- total_net_production_mean(PgO2/yr)
File: Fig4c.Changes_in_the_ratio_of_inland-water_oxygen_production_to_consumption_during_1900-2010.csv
Description: raw data of Fig.4c. the ratio of inland-water oxygen production to consumption during 1900–2010
Variables
- decade
- production:consumption_mean(unitless)
- production:consumption_min(unitless)
- production:consumption_max(unitless)
File: Fig4d.Role_of_inland_waters_in_the_present-day_global_total_oxygen_budget.csv
Description: raw data of Fig.4d.the role of inland waters in the present-day (represented by the year 2010) global oxygen budget in terms of interactions with the atmosphere and the ocean
Variables
- decade
- exchange_with_atmosphere_mean(PgO2/yr)
- total_production_mean(PgO2/yr)
- external_oxygen_input_mean(PgO2/yr)
- river_export_to_ocean_mean(PgO2/yr)
- total_consumption_mean(PgO2/yr)
Code/software
All data are in the format of numbers stored in .csv or .asc files, which can be opened in the way similar to txt. The asc files could also be opened with geo softwares to view the spatial maps.
Access information
Other publicly accessible locations of the data:
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Data was derived from the following sources:
- https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adr1695 <link to the paper publication, which uses this dataset>
- Wang, Junjie; Liu, Xiaochen; Bouwman, Alexander F. et al. (2025). Global inland-water oxygen cycle has changed in the Anthropocene. Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adr1695