TITLE:
Effects of the World’s Oceans on Global Climate Change
AUTHORS:
Vadim V. Navrotsky
KEYWORDS:
Global Climate; Ocean Ecosystems; Phytoplankton; Solar Activity; Ultraviolet Radiation; Magnetic Field
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Climate Change,
Vol.2 No.3,
September
26,
2013
ABSTRACT: The role of the World Ocean in Global Climate Change is considered
from two points of view: 1) heat energy accumulation and
distribution in the ocean and its discharge into the atmosphere as purely
physical processes; 2) participation of living matter in the ocean in these processes.
The oceanic organic matter, especially plankton and different organic compounds,
absorbs solar energy and changes water transparency, controlling thickness of layers and amount of the energy accumulated. Having ability to
react not only to fluctuations of solar heat energy supply, but also to extra
weak fluctuations of electromagnetic and magnetic fields of terrestrial and
extraterrestrial origin, phytoplankton and other organic matter should be
considered as active forcing of global climate and ocean ecosystem fluctuations
observed on different scales. Several mechanisms of solar activity effects on
global climate-ocean ecosystem interactions are discussed.