5. Ocean effects earth climate
How does the ocean influence the climate hear on Earth?
The ocean has an extreme effect on life on land! Here is a list of only a few things that the ocean effects here on the land.
1. Carbon dioxide is an extremely important gas here on Earth and life would be impossible without it. However, too much of it would be a bad thing, and would make life here too similar to life on Venus. Luckily, oceanic animals use a lot of the carbon dioxide to make carbonates that form their homes made of limestone. Another vital gas is oxygen, which is produced by all life. How? Well, the plants under the ocean go through a process called photosynthesis and in this process they deposit organic carbon on the floor of the ocean. That carbon is inserted into rocks over millions of years by shifting plate tectonics. The gas is stored in sedimentary rocks in the form of coal, shale, oil, etc.
2. Because of the oceans color, it attracts a lot of sunlight, which saves the Earth from major heat damage. In total, the ocean absorbs about 98% of sunlight when the sun is highest in the sky. Because the sun absorbs so much of the ocean, a process called evaporation occurs. This is when the liquid turns into a gas and then turns into a cloud which later releases the water as precipitation. This allows the Earth to get "watered" and allows most of our plants to grow and even allows us to have water to drink. Even though this is highly important for us to be able to live, there are some negative effects, such as hurricanes and tsunamis.
The ocean looses some heat also by sending out energy into the tropical atmospheres which allows some heating of our general atmosphere. When the Earth absorbs the energy it helps warm the surface.
3. The ocean also effects the temperature in the atmosphere and causes some global changes. Since global warming has occurred, the ocean has stores 18 times more heat. Because of this, some of the oceans that are frozen over are melting, which is having a poor effect on the animals in that atmosphere that have adapted to that type of weather and conditions.
4. The difference in temperatures within the ocean and the land causes monsoons. In the winter, air flows out of the continent because the center is much cooler, and during the summer, the center is hotter. This causes air to be attracted to that particular continent and is able to bring rain.
5. When it rains, the atmosphere gets heated, and this causes warm air to rise. Wind causes currents, and currents help phytoplankton decide where to live. Phytoplankton help determine where clouds form, which influences where it rains, which determines where the atmosphere is heated. See the cycle?
1. Carbon dioxide is an extremely important gas here on Earth and life would be impossible without it. However, too much of it would be a bad thing, and would make life here too similar to life on Venus. Luckily, oceanic animals use a lot of the carbon dioxide to make carbonates that form their homes made of limestone. Another vital gas is oxygen, which is produced by all life. How? Well, the plants under the ocean go through a process called photosynthesis and in this process they deposit organic carbon on the floor of the ocean. That carbon is inserted into rocks over millions of years by shifting plate tectonics. The gas is stored in sedimentary rocks in the form of coal, shale, oil, etc.
2. Because of the oceans color, it attracts a lot of sunlight, which saves the Earth from major heat damage. In total, the ocean absorbs about 98% of sunlight when the sun is highest in the sky. Because the sun absorbs so much of the ocean, a process called evaporation occurs. This is when the liquid turns into a gas and then turns into a cloud which later releases the water as precipitation. This allows the Earth to get "watered" and allows most of our plants to grow and even allows us to have water to drink. Even though this is highly important for us to be able to live, there are some negative effects, such as hurricanes and tsunamis.
The ocean looses some heat also by sending out energy into the tropical atmospheres which allows some heating of our general atmosphere. When the Earth absorbs the energy it helps warm the surface.
3. The ocean also effects the temperature in the atmosphere and causes some global changes. Since global warming has occurred, the ocean has stores 18 times more heat. Because of this, some of the oceans that are frozen over are melting, which is having a poor effect on the animals in that atmosphere that have adapted to that type of weather and conditions.
4. The difference in temperatures within the ocean and the land causes monsoons. In the winter, air flows out of the continent because the center is much cooler, and during the summer, the center is hotter. This causes air to be attracted to that particular continent and is able to bring rain.
5. When it rains, the atmosphere gets heated, and this causes warm air to rise. Wind causes currents, and currents help phytoplankton decide where to live. Phytoplankton help determine where clouds form, which influences where it rains, which determines where the atmosphere is heated. See the cycle?
These are just 5 of the MANY ways that the ocean effects the climate here on Earth. Without the ocean, life would be VERY different/inexistent!