Covering over 71% of our beautiful planet, the oceans contain a multitude of different habitats... It is not particularly well known that as well as acting as a carbon sink, absorbing approximately half of all anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions released between 1800 and 1994 (Sabine, et al., 2004), the oceans also act as a heat sink due to waters high specific heat capacity (ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/heat-capacity.html)... a recent paper published in Science suggests that the oceans may currently be heating up at a rate faster than at any point in the Holocene, with many environmental repercussions including global mean sea-level (MSL) rise due to thermal expansion and the loss of coral reefs to coral bleaching... theguardian/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/nov/01/global-warming-oceans-fastest-10000-years
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 17:25:03 +0000
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