The science of
ocean chemistry tells us much more about carbon in the atmosphere and water.
Not exact matches
«In a future mission, we could fly through those plumes and
tell a lot about the
chemistry and nature of the surface» and possibly a liquid
ocean below, Bob Pappalardo, a planetary scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory who wasn't involved in the work,
told Business Insider — all without having to drill through the moon's miles - thick ice shell.
«Basic
chemistry tells us that within decades there may be serious trouble brewing in the polar
oceans,» says James Orr, lead author and
ocean modeler from the French Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, who further adds, «unlike climate predictions, the uncertainties here are small.»
-- Susan Solomon, Nature The Long Thaw is written for anyone who wishes to know what cutting - edge science
tells us about the modern issue of global warming and its effects on the pathways of atmospheric
chemistry, as well as global and regional temperatures, rainfall, sea level, Arctic sea - ice coverage, melting of the continental ice sheets, cyclonic storm frequency and intensity and
ocean acidification.
While scientific models can
tell us what is going to happen as the earth warms, climate change will also be influenced by small so far neglected fluctuations in
chemistry such as these pH changes in our
oceans, affecting billions of creatures, and of course, us.