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In the face of escalating global warming, scientists are considering an intriguing proposition: leveraging the ocean's natural carbon absorption abilities to mitigate climate change. This concept, dubbed "ocean carbon dioxide removal", entails manipulating the ocean's chemistry and biology to augment its carbon uptake. Over the years, the ocean has played a crucial role in curbing global warming, absorbing a third of the carbon dioxide released by human activities since the Industrial Revolution. However, as carbon emissions rise and the window for limiting warming through emission reduction alone narrows, researchers believe that it may be necessary to ask even more of our oceans. According to climate simulations, averting the worst impacts of climate change by 2100 will necessitate...

Saturn's moon Mimas has long been regarded as an unlikely candidate for harboring an ocean. However, recent research has provided evidence to suggest otherwise. Moons with global oceans are not uncommon in our solar system, but Mimas was not initially among the candidates. The moon's heavily cratered icy shell seemed an unlikely hiding place for an ocean. However, a closer analysis of Mimas's orbital motion using data from the Cassini spacecraft has revealed surprising findings. Through detailed observations and simulations, scientists have determined that Mimas does, in fact, possess a global ocean beneath its icy shell. The ocean is estimated to be located at a depth of 20-30 kilometers. This discovery challenges our previous assumptions about the moon's composition and raises intr...

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Oceans a Possible Solution to Climate Change?

Scientists Find Evidence of an Ocean on Saturn’s Moon Mimas