Once heated, the ocean surface becomes
warmer than the atmosphere above, and because of this heat flows from the warm ocean to the cool atmosphere above.
The seas hold 60 times more
carbon than the atmosphere and absorb more than 90 percent of the heat that industrial pollution generates.
On a PC monitor this reveals a lack of detail
rather than the atmosphere - enhancing gritty feeling experiencing on a television display.
The oceans, though, hold much more
heat than the atmosphere; e.g. the top 15 cm (6 inches) of ocean waters contain more heat than the entire atmosphere.
The ocean can be
cooler than the atmosphere and still modify the atmosphere's temperature in an upward direction compared to an even colder ocean.
The atmosphere of Mars is 100 times less
dense than the atmosphere of the earth and it is this fact alone that minimizes the greenhouse effect.