Ocean Carbon Cycle Research
How much CO2 from human activity enters the ocean?
How much CO2 from human activity enters the ocean?
Mutibeam Bathymetry data from the global Mid-Ocean Ridge with access to related data.
CCORC - Consortium on the Ocean's Role in Climate
ARCHES - AbRupt climate CHangE Studies
The world’s oceans are growing more acidic as carbon emissions from the modern world are absorbed by the sea. A new film, “A Sea Change,” explores what this changing chemistry means for fish and the one billion people who rely on them for food. This first-ever documentary about ocean acidification is told through the eyes of a retired history teacher who reads about the problem in a piece in The New Yorker and is inspired to find out more. His quest takes him to Alaska, California, Washington and Norway to talk with oceanographers, climatologists and others.
A study released on May 11, 2007 provides some of the first solid evidence that warming-induced changes in ocean circulation at the end of the last Ice Age caused vast quantities of ancient carbon dioxide to belch from the deep sea into the atmosphere. Scientists believe the carbon dioxide (CO2) releases helped propel the world into further warming.
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The R/V Marcus G. Langseth | Research Vessel |
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Is the Ocean Shrinking? | The Earth's Biggest Water Cycle |
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A New Era in Ocean Exploration | R/V Marcus Langseth |