Understanding climate
for the benefit of society

Ellen Viste

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Bjerknes-UiB

Jahnebakken 5, Bergen

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The ocean takes up more than three times as much CO2 from the atmosphere as in 1860. The main culprit is the higher concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. Emissions have not stopped rising, new report states.

Withered algae sink through the water, covering the sea floor under a layer of decay. It is fall in the ocean, and some fish swim south. 

Young ice breaks apart easier than old ice, and breakup of large areas of sea ice has become increasingly more common.

To know whether emission treaties are complied with, all CO2 must be traceable. Incomplete bookkeeping sent scientists on a search in the Greenland Sea.

The Arctic region heats up more than the rest of the globe. Research suggests ice loss influences winters on the southern continents, though the effect is often overshadowed.