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Ocean floor found to have powerful effect on climate
Original: Earth’s ocean floor has a surprisingly powerful effect on climate
New reporting highlights that Earth's ocean floor plays a surprisingly powerful role in regulating the climate, beyond its traditionally understood passive role. The seafloor influences heat exchange, carbon storage and ocean circulation patterns that shape global temperatures. Scientists say these deep-sea processes are often overlooked in climate models, and better understanding them could improve predictions of how quickly the planet warms in the coming decades.
Why now: Growing scientific and public interest in how underestimated parts of the Earth system, like the seafloor, affect climate change.
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Evidence
- Earth’s ocean floor has a surprisingly powerful effect on climate · Earth.com
- Earth’s ocean floor has a surprisingly powerful effect on climate · AOL.com
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