{"id":118381,"date":"2024-10-26T00:15:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T17:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118381"},"modified":"2024-10-26T00:15:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T17:15:58","slug":"sliver-of-cool-surface-water-2mm-deep-helps-oceans-absorb-co2-say-scientists-oceans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118381","title":{"rendered":"Sliver of cool surface water 2mm deep helps oceans absorb CO2, say scientists | Oceans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">A sliver of cool surface water less than 2mm deep helps oceans absorb carbon dioxide, a British-led team of scientists has established after months of voyages across the Atlantic painstakingly measuring gas and temperature levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The subtle difference in temperature between the \u201cocean skin\u201d and the layer of water beneath it creates an interface that leads to more CO<sub class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">2<\/sub> being taken in, the scientists observed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">They used highly sensitive equipment to measure the water temperature and to spot and record tiny differences in the amount of CO<sub class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">2<\/sub> in the air swirling towards the ocean surface and away again.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"429b11f8-d1ab-4260-8055-b2f750a3496a\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:3,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;The profound link between the climate crisis and the ocean \u2013 in pictures&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;429b11f8-d1ab-4260-8055-b2f750a3496a&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/gallery\/2022\/oct\/28\/the-profound-link-between-the-climate-crisis-and-the-ocean-in-pictures&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The work is seen as important in the development of climate modelling because oceans absorbs about a quarter of human carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Daniel Ford, a research fellow at the University of Exeter, said: \u201cWith the <a href=\"https:\/\/cop29.az\/en\/home\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Cop29<\/a> climate change conference taking place next month, this work highlights the importance of the oceans, but it should also help us improve the global carbon assessments that are used to guide emission reductions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Ford was onboard the research ship RRS Discovery, which sailed between Southampton and Punta Arenas in Chile. He said: \u201cThe cruise involved seven weeks of keeping all the different instrumentation working together to collect the wide array of measurements used in the study.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWe went through very rough seas in the north Atlantic and near the Falklands, which was challenging, but we had respite when near the equator with mirror glass ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The 2mm sliver of water is slightly colder because of the \u201ccool skin effect\u201d, which is caused by heat leaving the water as it is in direct contact with the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The results, published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/ngeo\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Nature Geoscience<\/a> journal, have been passed on to the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalcarbonbudget.org\/faqs\/#:~:text=The%20GCB%20takes%20a%20comprehensive,natural%20tropical%20or%20boreal%20forests\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Global Carbon Budget assessment<\/a>, a worldwide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalcarbonproject.org\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">consortium of scientists<\/a> set up to establish a common understanding of the Earth\u2019s carbon cycle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Prof Jamie Shutler, an ocean and atmospheric scientist at the University of Exeter, said the \u201cocean skin\u201d was very slightly cooler than the layer of water beneath it. The absorbing of CO<sub class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">2<\/sub> is controlled by the concentration difference in gases across these layers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Shutler said the effects were first suggested in the early 1990s. \u201cBut the key missing piece \u2013 the field evidence \u2013 eluded us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Gavin Tilstone, from Plymouth Marine Laboratory, said: \u201cThis discovery highlights the intricacy of the ocean\u2019s water column structure and how it can influence CO<sub class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">2<\/sub> drawdown. Understanding these subtle mechanisms is crucial as we continue to refine our climate models and predictions. It underscores the ocean\u2019s vital role in regulating the planet\u2019s carbon cycle and climate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2024\/oct\/25\/ocean-skin-cool-surface-water-deep-helps-absorb-co2\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sliver of cool surface water less than 2mm deep helps oceans absorb carbon dioxide, a British-led team of scientists has established after months of voyages across the Atlantic painstakingly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118381\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8628],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}