Climate Science 101: Is the Breathing of the World's Ocean Choking Marine Life?

Dr. Christopher Sabine is the Director of NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle, WA. His research addresses the role of the ocean in the global carbon cycle. His work centers on interpreting ocean inorganic carbon measurements and understanding ocean acidification. This includes understanding the air-sea exchange of carbon dioxide at the ocean surface, examining basin-scale distributions of both natural and human-emitted carbon in the ocean’s interior, evaluating ocean carbon cycle general circulation models with data-based global carbon distributions, and examining carbonate and organic matter re-mineralization within the open ocean and in coastal environments. Dr. Sabine holds a PhD in Oceanography from the University of Hawaii. He is an affiliate full professor in the Department of Oceanography at the University of Washington and a senior fellow in the university’s Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean. For more information click here.

Editor's note: This is one of eight videos captured during a Climate Science 101 short course sponsored jointly by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), at George Mason University, and NOAA. The presenters in this series were selected for their subject matter expertise. Their views and opinions are their own and do not necessarily represent those of OLLI and NOAA.

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Historical Perspectives on Climate Change

State of the Climate

What is the Difference Between Weather and Climate

Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States

Is the Breathing of the World's Ocean Choking Marine Life?

Limiting the Magnitude of & Adapting to Future Climate Change

Climate Change Communication: Focusing on Public Engagement

Ethics and Issues Surrounding Geo-Engineering to Mitigate Climate Change