Oceans and climate

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Published 2022-05-26

Earth’s oceans are huge heat stores, soaking up 93% of the excess heat from human activity over the past 70 years. Ocean currents redistribute heat around the planet, from the Equator to the poles. Where this ocean heat goes influences weather patterns and regional climate. As well as absorbing heat, oceans are a natural carbon sink, absorbing a quarter of carbon dioxide emissions from human activity. This has led to the acidification of ocean water, threatening marine life.

The amount of heat and carbon dioxide absorbed depends on a number of ocean variables, all of which can be measured from space.

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All Comments (20)

@vitachiquita1199 2 years ago

You don't know how hard it is to find good video's like this these days. Thank you so much.
@redbaronsnoopy2346 2 years ago

Thank you for all the hard & thankless work all engineers & scientists do for the betterment of Humanity. Bravo!
@Patchworkdaddy007 2 years ago

Thank you for your great work for us all!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍🇪🇺🇺🇦🕊️
@mooreandless 2 years ago

Ain't science grand! Thanks ESA.
@aparna3296 2 years ago

Wonderful
@amangogna68 2 years ago

Great video !
@ShortsHound 1 year ago

"Earth’s oceans are huge heat stores, soaking up 93% of the excess heat from human activity over the past 70 years." A pretty Bold assertion that needs to be backed up ... but isn't What about solar activity and internal dynamics, like vulcanism ? Overall however, the ocean currents and their effects are beautifully explained and illustrated.
@JA238979 2 years ago

I like this video and the work of the European Space Agency, although measuring the temperature of the surface of an ocean is not equivalent to measuring the temperature of an ocean. Similarly, the temperature at the upper surface of Earth's troposphere is not what we experience in daily life.
@shimalisnamaratube9583 1 year ago

thank u!
@mariadaluzmoutinho5701 2 years ago

Mais do que nunca o Agora é muito importante monitorizar ..Para que o amanhã seja cada vez mais melhorado !! Incutir responsabilidade e respeito pelos Oceanos são reflexo de vida e conectadas com as nossas vidas!! Um Serviço deveras essencial preservar!! Temos que pensar que o nosso Planeta Azul tem muita água e todos dependemos desta união de elos que já estamos a quebrar, o que nos restará?!
@vthilton 5 months ago

Save Our Planet Now!
@grieske 2 years ago

This is a wonderfully concise and beautiful video about a very interesting topic. Thanks. That's tax euros well spent.
@ericphantri96734 1 year ago

Could stars , moon , sun help reflection of remote sensing sound and infrared to monitor earth live condition and mother earth health condition
@marc.w.7692 2 years ago

wow und aha!!!
@PY5YA 2 years ago

👏👏👏🌎🇧🇷🤙
@AstronautaCurioso2023 2 years ago

🇧🇷🇺🇦
@ritiksoni2811 14 days ago

Ain't this depressing?
@princeindrajitlawlaha7027 2 years ago

! 💝 💯 👏 🎉 🙏 🚀 👍 🤖 🎅 ✝ 🌝 !
@globalwarming382 11 months ago

Now that does leave one WOKE.