Sentences with phrase «ocean system put»

As the two scientists see it, the depths of the North and South Atlantic have absorbed more heat in the last 14 years than the rest of the global ocean system put together.

Not exact matches

PORTLAND, OREGON — Oceanographers have put a stethoscope on the coursing circulatory system of the Atlantic Ocean, and they have found a skittish pulse that's surprisingly strong in the waters east of Greenland — discoveries that should improve climate models.

I remember being shocked when I heard this, given the arguments he puts forth, the poisons found in all fish, and the imminent collapse of the ocean systems.

One statement put about is the AGW to date is around 0.8 C, with another 0.6 C «locked in» as we wait for lags in the system to catch up — presumably primarily the themal lag as we wait for the oceans to warm.

But as we get closer to humans dominating the planet, if we're not there already, we need to put a value on the quality of our energy systems, the ability to preserve nature, to preserve the oceans and the rivers.

As Hal Doiron, a NASA thermal engineer, bluntly puts it: «When I look at the ocean I see one of the largest heat - sinks in the solar system.

These are arguably the only ocean temperature data that exist, which are worth anything; they are based on a very expensive and comprehensive system that was only put into place in 2003 — why should these data be «corrected or excluded»?]

The trick is that you can not think of the ocean and air in isolation because they are not a closed system, the Sun is putting in energy to the ocean all the time and that is ultimately the cause of warming the ocean.

«Its ten pages of text are filled with gems of junk science, which are summed up in this ridiculous pontification: «Long - term changes in climate will produce more extreme weather events and put greater stress on critical Earth systems like oceans, freshwater, and biodiversity.

Given that, if one wants freedom of choice and an efficient market, shouldn't one accept a market solution (tax / credit or analogous system based on public costs, applied strategically to minimize paperwork (don't tax residential utility bills — apply upstream instead), applied approximately fairly to both be fair and encourage an efficient market response (don't ignore any significant category, put all sources of the same emission on equal footing; if cap / trade, allow some exchange between CO2 and CH4, etc, based CO2 (eq); include ocean acidification, etc.), allowing some approximation to that standard so as to not get very high costs in dealing with small details and also to address the biggest, most - well understood effects and sources first (put off dealing with the costs and benifits of sulphate aerosols, etc, until later if necessary — but get at high - latitude black carbon right away)?