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As on land, life in the ocean starts with the Sun. Sunlight nourishes microscopic plants called phytoplankton, which are eaten by tiny animals called zooplankton.
The Ups and Downs of CO2 Clouds and Aerosols Wind Regular Weather?
Unlike the atmosphere, the ocean can absorb and release an enormous amount of heat with little change in temperature.
The Ups and Downs of CO2 Clouds and Aerosols Wind Regular Weather?
People cooling off at the Trocadero fountain in Paris, France during August 2003. Franck Prevel/AP
The Ups and Downs of CO2 Clouds and Aerosols Wind Regular Weather?
Every year, billions of tons of dead plankton and other marine organisms, dust blown from far-off lands, and river sediment settle on the ocean floor on top of materials from previous years.
The Ups and Downs of CO2 Clouds and Aerosols Wind Regular Weather?
The last few decades have seen larger areas of the world enduring longer—and drier—droughts. What’s more, many of those droughts have been hotter than in the past.
The Ups and Downs of CO2 Clouds and Aerosols Wind Regular Weather?
The Sun is Earth’s biggest power plant, sending more us more sunlight—solar power—than we could ever use.
The Ups and Downs of CO2 Clouds and Aerosols Wind Regular Weather?
Measuring ocean temperature and chemistry is no simple task: the ocean is vast and deep, and it is not the same everywhere.
The Ups and Downs of CO2 Clouds and Aerosols Wind Regular Weather?
The annual growth rings produced by some trees are an important clue to past climate. The rings of a single tree can reveal environmental stresses during the tree’s lifetime—drought or fire, for ins
The Ups and Downs of CO2 Clouds and Aerosols Wind Regular Weather?
Evidence: Ice CoresFor hundreds of thousands of years, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere remained fairly stable. But not anymore. Today, the atmosphere contains more CO2 than at any time in a
The Ups and Downs of CO2 Clouds and Aerosols Wind Regular Weather?
For the past 11,600 years—a span that includes all of recorded human history—our climate has been relatively stable.
The Ups and Downs of CO2 Clouds and Aerosols Wind Regular Weather?
