American Geophysical Union Press Briefing: The Ocean’s Hidden Heat
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2016-12-12
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Boyer, Tim et al. American Geophysical Union Press Briefing: The Ocean’s Hidden Heat. AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 12-16, 2016 San Francisco. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcBA37HCHmY
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Understanding how much heat is stored in the ocean is a key part of deciphering and predicting climate change. Measuring that heat, however, is difficult and currently relies on a scattered network of buoys and sensors. A novel method presented at this briefing aims to quantify ocean heat content by satellite, using tricks of Earth’s magnetic field. The impacts of ocean heat, including new results presented at AGU, range from melting ice to affecting the base of the food web.