NASA | Earth Science Week: Climate Change & The Global Ocean

"Climate Change and The Global Ocean" is the first episode in the six-part series "Tides of Change", exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009.

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We know climate change can affect us, but does climate change alter something as vast, deep and mysterious as our oceans? For years, scientists have studied the world's oceans by sending out ships and divers, deploying data-gathering buoys, and by taking aerial measurements from planes. But one of the better ways to understand oceans is to gain an even broader perspective - the view from space. NASA's Earth observing satellites do more than just take pictures of our planet. High-tech sensors gather data, including ocean surface temperature, surface winds, sea level, circulation, and even marine life. Information the satellites obtain help us understand the complex interactions driving the world's oceans today - and gain valuable insight into how the impacts of climate change on oceans might affect us on dry land.

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• ocean
• sea
• climate
• change
• global
• warming
• marine

[crimsoncoin]

Oceans Breathe

[JonThm]

CC was nuclear lies

[queenvamp11]

Makes me so sad when i hear more about how the oceans are dying. I think thats why i am taking the steps to become a marine biologist :] XD

[queenvamp11]

Is it nerdy that i watched this for fun? I wasn't told to,no one made me. I just looked up these science class videos FOR FUN

[whackitov]

@whackitov notice how right at the beginning it says 'some scientists believe its us'....highlighting the SOME, there are 2000 so called scientists on the ipcc board, half of which are not educated to professor level, yet there are some 30,000 ACTUAL scientists disagree with the ipcc......thats just for starters m8

[whackitov]

@129jasn and what do you know about what i know? manmade glabal warming is bullshit, simple as, if you wanna debate it go for it, ill call you everytime with FACTS

[129jasn]

@whackitov 

[129jasn]

@whackitov you don't know shit

[rudidas89]

very nice video! it's funny i also recently made a video very similar to this!!

check it out in my profile :) let me know what you think!! any tips, advice?

[whackitov]

bullshit