Climate Change Update: NASA’s Aquarius Map Helps Detect Climate Change - International Business Times

NASA’s Aquarius Map Helps Detect Climate Change - International Business Times: "This is the first map of its kind, officials said that may prove to be beneficial in terms of understanding climate change.

Salinity changes are linked to the cycling of freshwater around the planet and influence ocean circulation, according to NASA.

"Because that pattern of ocean currents is what determines how much heat and carbon the ocean stores and that in turn determines how fast the climate warms," said scientist Steve Rintoul, who has been measuring currents between Australia and Antarctica, in an article for ABC News Australia. "

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