Exploring the Depths of Water's Role in Climate Change

Aquatic ecosystems play an essential role in the greenhouse gas emissions cycle. Water bodies can sequester carbon — and they can also ...

New research at Yale School of the Environment examines how bodies of water sequester and release greenhouse gas emissions.

The deep sea: a key player to be protected for climate and ecosystems

The Deep Sea plays a major role in climate change mitigation. By storing a ... effect, the Deep Sea slows down the warming of surface waters and land.

Deep Sea Exploration May Hold Clues to Climate Warming, Origins ...

At the same time, the notion of exploring the ocean's depths – one of the last unknown frontiers – captured the world's imagination. What ...

Global Climate Change Explorer: Oceans and Water | Exploratorium

Such oceanic changes will in turn influence our future weather and climate. Scientists are working hard to understand this powerful interplay between heat in ...

How does the ocean affect climate and weather on land?

Ocean currents act much like a conveyor belt, transporting warm water and precipitation from the equator toward the poles and cold water from the poles back to ...

The Ocean and Climate Change - NASA Science

Our ocean is changing. With 70 percent of the planet covered in water, the seas are important drivers of the global climate. Yet increasing greenhouse gases ...

How deep-sea technology could transform life above water

Establishing an environmental baseline, in both shallow and deep ecosystems, is the first step in revealing the complexity of ocean ecosystems ...

Sustainability in Deep Water: The Challenges of Climate Change ...

Human use of the deep ocean, and particularly exploration for and extraction of resources, creates physical, chemical, and biological ...

The Water Cycle and Climate Change | Center for Science Education

Over the 21st century, sea level is expected to rise as much as 1.1 meters (3.6 feet) if greenhouse gas emissions continue at projected levels. Observed and ...

7 Ocean-based Solutions to Climate Change

New research shows that ocean-based climate change solutions could deliver over one-third of the emissions reductions needed to meet global ...

Ocean Currents and Climate - National Geographic Education

Mass flows of water, or currents, are essential to understanding how heat energy moves between Earth's water bodies, landmasses, and atmosphere.

Factsheet: Why Do We Explore the Deep Ocean?

Climate Change – Climate change refers to any significant change in the measures of climate for extended periods of time. This includes changes in temperature, ...

The Ocean's Role in Climate - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Recent research indicates that the NAO's changes in atmospheric pressure patterns over the Atlantic are linked to the slow variation in water temperatures, as ...

Why is the ocean so important for climate change?

The ocean acts as a “buffer” that protects our atmosphere from seeing the full effects of climate change.

Whales provide a deep water solution to climate change | One Earth

A powerful tool in reversing the effects of climate change lies not in a laboratory, but in our oceans' waters. Earth's largest mammals, the ...

NASA Mission Takes a Deep Dive Into Earth's Surface Water

Further contributing to our understanding of the role Earth's oceans play in climate change, SWOT will explore how the ocean absorbs ...

Water Cycle - Understanding Global Change

Additionally, global warming alters how water cycles through the Earth system and changes the patterns of atmospheric circulation, both of which contribute to ...

How Climate Change Impacts Our Water - State of the Planet

Climate change impacts the world's water in complex ways. Consider a water cycle diagram, like the one below; global warming is altering nearly ...

Exploring Climate Change and Human Impact on Our Oceans

Human impacts on the global ocean are increasing in scale and scope. As we learn more about climate change, plastic pollution, deep sea ...