National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
United States Department of Commerce

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen partners with NOAA to explore climate changes in deep ocean water

Thu, 09/07/2017
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As we’re breaking records for high temperatures around the globe and watching forest fires blaze across the Northwest, you can thank the planet’s oceans for saving us from even hotter temps. Because as humans have pumped carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, most of that additional energy has gone into the oceans, warming the water instead of the air.