The Heard Island Feasibility Test
The release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere is associated with temperature changes in both the atmosphere and the oceans. The oceans play a vital role in global temperature changes, storing both heat and greenhouse gases. Without the oceans the atmosphere would warm...
| Published in: | Physics Today |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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AIP Publishing
1992
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.881317 https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article-pdf/45/9/22/8305514/22_1_online.pdf |
| Summary: | The release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere is associated with temperature changes in both the atmosphere and the oceans. The oceans play a vital role in global temperature changes, storing both heat and greenhouse gases. Without the oceans the atmosphere would warm at two to three times greater a rate, other factors remaining equal. To understand and predict global warming, then, it is important to measure, rather than just speculate on, changes in the heat content of the ocean. |
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