Storms in the Southern Ocean absorb more atmospheric heat than climate models predict, according to a new study. Intense storms that move over the Southern Ocean enable the ocean to absorb more heat from the atmosphere.
The Southern Ocean Study
The Southern Ocean is a vast ocean that circles the Antarctic continent. This ocean regulates Earth’s climate by moving heat, carbon and nutrients out in the world’s oceans. It provides a critical climate service by absorbing over 75% of excess heat that humans generate across the globe. Its capacity to reduce climate warming depends on how efficiently it absorbs heat from our atmosphere.
A new study published in Nature Geoscience from the researchers at the University of Gothenburg found that storms play a key role in controlling how the Southern Ocean exchanges heat with the…
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