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|  | | Fluxes of heat, water, gases and trace elements across the ocean-atmosphere interface are a key part of the global climate system. The oceans store and transport vast quantities of heat and play and play a critical role in the global carbon cycle. Holding 96% of the world's water, they dominate the hydrosphere. The oceans are intimately linked with natural climate variability at seasonal, inter-annual and longer timescales, as well as with anthropogenic climate change. Major observational programmes, such as were conducted in The World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) of the World Climate Research programme (WCRP), are designed to improve our understanding of the role of the ocean-atmosphere interface in the climate process, and to develop the ocean models necessary for predicting decadal climate variability and change.
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| Emissions cuts needed today to stop reef die-back
by Lane,S., AM on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio 14 December 2007 |  |
| | Even if the Bali meeting does agree on new, more aggressive cuts to carbon emissions, a group of eminent marine scientists says it may be too late to save the Great Barrier Reef and other reefs around the world. The 17 scientists, led by an Australian professor, say there's only one way to avoid massive marine dieback to coral reefs and that's to cut carbon emissions now. The group has published a paper about its predictions in today's edition of Science Magazine. Download the story in Audio or MP3 format from the ABC Radio website. | |
Read more at http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2007/s2118855.htm.
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