Domitille Louchard
@domitille.bsky.social
Scientist and communication officer at ETH Zurich. Passionate about ocean science, climate change and effective data visualisation. She/her.
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🌊 The ocean was record hot in 2023, but surprisingly, the global carbon sink weakened.
A new study from our group unpacks why.
Check out the details in @jens-d-mueller.bsky.social ’s tweet 👇 and read the full study here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A new study from our group unpacks why.
Check out the details in @jens-d-mueller.bsky.social ’s tweet 👇 and read the full study here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🌊 In 2023, the ocean carbon sink weakened for the first time in a record-hot year 🌡️🌎
Our new study in Nature Climate Change quantifies this unexpected decline and explains how it came about. 👇
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Our new study in Nature Climate Change quantifies this unexpected decline and explains how it came about. 👇
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Unexpected decline in the ocean carbon sink under record-high sea surface temperatures in 2023 - Nature Climate Change
The ocean carbon sink strengthened in previous warm El Niño years due to reduced CO2 outgassing in the tropics. Here the authors show that the ocean carbon sink declined in 2023 despite record-high se...
doi.org
September 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🌊 The ocean was record hot in 2023, but surprisingly, the global carbon sink weakened.
A new study from our group unpacks why.
Check out the details in @jens-d-mueller.bsky.social ’s tweet 👇 and read the full study here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A new study from our group unpacks why.
Check out the details in @jens-d-mueller.bsky.social ’s tweet 👇 and read the full study here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Tiny particles of pollution spewed into the atmosphere across Asia can affect climate as far away as Antarctica
go.nature.com/40WyJDS
go.nature.com/40WyJDS
Asia’s haze affects ice and weather on the Frozen Continent
Pollution emitted by fossil-fuel usage in Asia influences sea-ice coverage in Antarctica.
go.nature.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Tiny particles of pollution spewed into the atmosphere across Asia can affect climate as far away as Antarctica
go.nature.com/40WyJDS
go.nature.com/40WyJDS
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You can spend a life time on a boat - and still be looking at new things every single day! Here is a quick glimpse of what’s just under our feet/boat!!
July 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
You can spend a life time on a boat - and still be looking at new things every single day! Here is a quick glimpse of what’s just under our feet/boat!!
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June 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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⚠️ We're hiring!
Two new #PhD positions are now opened in our group @ethz.ch, focusing on key biogeochemical essential ocean observables 🤓
Learn more about these opportunities ⤵️ and spread the news 🌊
#OceanScience #ETH #AcademicJobs #PhDlife
Two new #PhD positions are now opened in our group @ethz.ch, focusing on key biogeochemical essential ocean observables 🤓
Learn more about these opportunities ⤵️ and spread the news 🌊
#OceanScience #ETH #AcademicJobs #PhDlife
Ph.D. positions in ocean ecological/biogeochemical modeling
jobs.ethz.ch
July 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
⚠️ We're hiring!
Two new #PhD positions are now opened in our group @ethz.ch, focusing on key biogeochemical essential ocean observables 🤓
Learn more about these opportunities ⤵️ and spread the news 🌊
#OceanScience #ETH #AcademicJobs #PhDlife
Two new #PhD positions are now opened in our group @ethz.ch, focusing on key biogeochemical essential ocean observables 🤓
Learn more about these opportunities ⤵️ and spread the news 🌊
#OceanScience #ETH #AcademicJobs #PhDlife
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🌊N₂O has a warming potential ~300 times greater than CO₂. To better understand its dynamics in the Pacific Ocean, @janahaerri.bsky.social collected water samples that are now traveling the world, soon reaching Switzerland for analysis. Learn more about their journey and the project⤵️
lnkd.in/eqynuP6A
lnkd.in/eqynuP6A
March 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🌊N₂O has a warming potential ~300 times greater than CO₂. To better understand its dynamics in the Pacific Ocean, @janahaerri.bsky.social collected water samples that are now traveling the world, soon reaching Switzerland for analysis. Learn more about their journey and the project⤵️
lnkd.in/eqynuP6A
lnkd.in/eqynuP6A
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🌊 Just published! A new study led by Dr. Fabio Benedetti explores the relationships between the functional diversity of copepods and key marine processes such plankton biomass production and sinking 🌎
Read more ⤵️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@globalchangebio.bsky.social
Read more ⤵️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@globalchangebio.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🌊 Just published! A new study led by Dr. Fabio Benedetti explores the relationships between the functional diversity of copepods and key marine processes such plankton biomass production and sinking 🌎
Read more ⤵️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@globalchangebio.bsky.social
Read more ⤵️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@globalchangebio.bsky.social
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Climate change will increasingly impact the ocean around Antarctica, and the life within it, as it progresses.
Read the new paper by the excellent Ben Fisher and colleagues on how this will happen, what are the implications, and how we can improve our ability to predict the key changes.
🌊❄️🥼🧪
Read the new paper by the excellent Ben Fisher and colleagues on how this will happen, what are the implications, and how we can improve our ability to predict the key changes.
🌊❄️🥼🧪
Climate-driven shifts in Southern Ocean primary producers and biogeochemistry in CMIP6 models
Abstract. As a net source of nutrients fuelling global primary production, changes in Southern Ocean productivity are expected to influence biological carbon storage across the global ocean. Following...
bg.copernicus.org
February 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Climate change will increasingly impact the ocean around Antarctica, and the life within it, as it progresses.
Read the new paper by the excellent Ben Fisher and colleagues on how this will happen, what are the implications, and how we can improve our ability to predict the key changes.
🌊❄️🥼🧪
Read the new paper by the excellent Ben Fisher and colleagues on how this will happen, what are the implications, and how we can improve our ability to predict the key changes.
🌊❄️🥼🧪
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🌊 Extreme Sailing for (extreme) Science⛵
On Monday, Oliver Heer reached the finish line of the Vendee Globe - what an incredible achievement! Throughout his journey, the ocean itself was in extreme conditions. Check out our latest post to learn more ⤵️
@swisspolar.bsky.social
On Monday, Oliver Heer reached the finish line of the Vendee Globe - what an incredible achievement! Throughout his journey, the ocean itself was in extreme conditions. Check out our latest post to learn more ⤵️
@swisspolar.bsky.social
Environmental Physics (UP) Group on LinkedIn: #heerwego #sailforscience #oceanscience #ethzurich #dusys
⛵ Extreme Sailing for (Extreme) Science – episode 9 🌍
Congratulations! Ollie safely arrived in Les Sables-d'Olonne earlier today (https://lnkd.in/emFHtJ2U)…
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February 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🌊 Extreme Sailing for (extreme) Science⛵
On Monday, Oliver Heer reached the finish line of the Vendee Globe - what an incredible achievement! Throughout his journey, the ocean itself was in extreme conditions. Check out our latest post to learn more ⤵️
@swisspolar.bsky.social
On Monday, Oliver Heer reached the finish line of the Vendee Globe - what an incredible achievement! Throughout his journey, the ocean itself was in extreme conditions. Check out our latest post to learn more ⤵️
@swisspolar.bsky.social
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🌊 Extreme Sailing for Science⛵
Ollie is now crossing the Tropical Atlantic, a region where diazotrophs really express their superpower. You don't know what diazotrophs are or why they matter for the carbon uptake capabilities of the ocean? Then check out our latest post ⤵️
@swisspolar.bsky.social
Ollie is now crossing the Tropical Atlantic, a region where diazotrophs really express their superpower. You don't know what diazotrophs are or why they matter for the carbon uptake capabilities of the ocean? Then check out our latest post ⤵️
@swisspolar.bsky.social
Environmental Physics (UP) Group on LinkedIn: #heerwego #sailforscience #oceanscience #ethzurich #dusys
⛵ Extreme Sailing for Science – episode 7 🌍
As Ollie sails back into the Northern Hemisphere, he is crossing for a second time the Tropical Atlantic but his…
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February 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🌊 Extreme Sailing for Science⛵
Ollie is now crossing the Tropical Atlantic, a region where diazotrophs really express their superpower. You don't know what diazotrophs are or why they matter for the carbon uptake capabilities of the ocean? Then check out our latest post ⤵️
@swisspolar.bsky.social
Ollie is now crossing the Tropical Atlantic, a region where diazotrophs really express their superpower. You don't know what diazotrophs are or why they matter for the carbon uptake capabilities of the ocean? Then check out our latest post ⤵️
@swisspolar.bsky.social
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🌊 Did you know that sea butterflies feed by vomiting a mucuous nets with which they filter the water before swallowing it again? 🤓
Learn more (fun) facts about marine plankton with this cool game designed by @meikevogt.bsky.social and Marta Musso 👇
polar-class.ch/wp-content/u... (in French)
Learn more (fun) facts about marine plankton with this cool game designed by @meikevogt.bsky.social and Marta Musso 👇
polar-class.ch/wp-content/u... (in French)
January 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🌊 Did you know that sea butterflies feed by vomiting a mucuous nets with which they filter the water before swallowing it again? 🤓
Learn more (fun) facts about marine plankton with this cool game designed by @meikevogt.bsky.social and Marta Musso 👇
polar-class.ch/wp-content/u... (in French)
Learn more (fun) facts about marine plankton with this cool game designed by @meikevogt.bsky.social and Marta Musso 👇
polar-class.ch/wp-content/u... (in French)
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"We present the current state of knowledge regarding the potentials, risks, side effects as well as challenges associated with technical feasibility, governance, monitoring, reporting and accounting of marine CDR, covering a range of biotic and geochemical approaches." 🧪🌊
Frontiers | Perspectives and challenges of marine carbon dioxide removal
www.frontiersin.org
January 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"We present the current state of knowledge regarding the potentials, risks, side effects as well as challenges associated with technical feasibility, governance, monitoring, reporting and accounting of marine CDR, covering a range of biotic and geochemical approaches." 🧪🌊
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🌊 Why is the ocean a key player in regulating our climate? 🌍 @meikevogt.bsky.social breaks it down in simple terms in this interview, created in collaboration with the @swisspolar.bsky.social's Swiss Polar Class.
#OceanScience #ScienceExplained #ClimateChange
🎥 Watch the video (in German) here:
#OceanScience #ScienceExplained #ClimateChange
🎥 Watch the video (in German) here:
Die blaue Lunge unserer Erde | Segelrennen um die Antarktis
YouTube video by Swiss Polar Class
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January 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🌊 Why is the ocean a key player in regulating our climate? 🌍 @meikevogt.bsky.social breaks it down in simple terms in this interview, created in collaboration with the @swisspolar.bsky.social's Swiss Polar Class.
#OceanScience #ScienceExplained #ClimateChange
🎥 Watch the video (in German) here:
#OceanScience #ScienceExplained #ClimateChange
🎥 Watch the video (in German) here:
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🌊 Extreme Sailing for Science⛵
Eddies are like the ocean's weather. In our latest post, we dive into their impact on heat and carbon transport—and what they mean for sailors like Oliver Heer:
www.linkedin.com/posts/up-gro...
@swisspolar.bsky.social
@usyseth.bsky.social
Eddies are like the ocean's weather. In our latest post, we dive into their impact on heat and carbon transport—and what they mean for sailors like Oliver Heer:
www.linkedin.com/posts/up-gro...
@swisspolar.bsky.social
@usyseth.bsky.social
December 21, 2024 at 8:41 AM
🌊 Extreme Sailing for Science⛵
Eddies are like the ocean's weather. In our latest post, we dive into their impact on heat and carbon transport—and what they mean for sailors like Oliver Heer:
www.linkedin.com/posts/up-gro...
@swisspolar.bsky.social
@usyseth.bsky.social
Eddies are like the ocean's weather. In our latest post, we dive into their impact on heat and carbon transport—and what they mean for sailors like Oliver Heer:
www.linkedin.com/posts/up-gro...
@swisspolar.bsky.social
@usyseth.bsky.social
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🌊 Extreme Sailing for Science⛵
Oliver Heer has now reached the Southern Ocean and its blustering winds. Check out our new episode about the crucial role of this oceanic region as a carbon sink:
www.linkedin.com/posts/up-gro...
@swisspolar.bsky.social
Oliver Heer has now reached the Southern Ocean and its blustering winds. Check out our new episode about the crucial role of this oceanic region as a carbon sink:
www.linkedin.com/posts/up-gro...
@swisspolar.bsky.social
Environmental Physics (UP) Group on LinkedIn: #heerwego #sailforscience #oceanscience #ethzurich #dusys
⛵ Extreme Sailing for Science – episode 4 🌍
The Southern ocean as a carbon sink
Welcome to the Southern Ocean! From now on, it’s gonna be very windy. And…
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December 6, 2024 at 1:59 PM
🌊 Extreme Sailing for Science⛵
Oliver Heer has now reached the Southern Ocean and its blustering winds. Check out our new episode about the crucial role of this oceanic region as a carbon sink:
www.linkedin.com/posts/up-gro...
@swisspolar.bsky.social
Oliver Heer has now reached the Southern Ocean and its blustering winds. Check out our new episode about the crucial role of this oceanic region as a carbon sink:
www.linkedin.com/posts/up-gro...
@swisspolar.bsky.social
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Ocean Acidification is reshaping life and biogeochemical cycles.
In our latest study, Niki Gruber and I reconstructed its progression in the global ocean interior over the industrial era, based on our previous estimates of anthropogenic carbon accumulation.
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
A 🧵about the 🌊...
In our latest study, Niki Gruber and I reconstructed its progression in the global ocean interior over the industrial era, based on our previous estimates of anthropogenic carbon accumulation.
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
A 🧵about the 🌊...
Progression of ocean interior acidification over the industrial era
The rapid downward progression of anthropogenic carbon accelerates ocean interior acidification and threatens marine biota.
doi.org
November 28, 2024 at 9:22 AM
Ocean Acidification is reshaping life and biogeochemical cycles.
In our latest study, Niki Gruber and I reconstructed its progression in the global ocean interior over the industrial era, based on our previous estimates of anthropogenic carbon accumulation.
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
A 🧵about the 🌊...
In our latest study, Niki Gruber and I reconstructed its progression in the global ocean interior over the industrial era, based on our previous estimates of anthropogenic carbon accumulation.
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
A 🧵about the 🌊...
Coffee 🤝 Science
November 27, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Coffee 🤝 Science
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Ok, I’m loving the starter packs! This one is for women (inclusively defined) in Ocean Science.
You need more ocean 🌊 in your feed! Follow these folks.
If you would like to be added please just let me know 👋 … if I forgot you, please don’t be offended, it was an accident! go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo
You need more ocean 🌊 in your feed! Follow these folks.
If you would like to be added please just let me know 👋 … if I forgot you, please don’t be offended, it was an accident! go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo
November 22, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Ok, I’m loving the starter packs! This one is for women (inclusively defined) in Ocean Science.
You need more ocean 🌊 in your feed! Follow these folks.
If you would like to be added please just let me know 👋 … if I forgot you, please don’t be offended, it was an accident! go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo
You need more ocean 🌊 in your feed! Follow these folks.
If you would like to be added please just let me know 👋 … if I forgot you, please don’t be offended, it was an accident! go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo
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🌊 Extreme Sailing for Science⛵
As Oliver Heer sails through the North Atlantic, he crosses a widespread and persistent marine heatwave. The CO2 instruments onboard will provide precious insight on its effects on the surface pCO2.
To learn more ⤵️
www.linkedin.com/posts/up-gro...
As Oliver Heer sails through the North Atlantic, he crosses a widespread and persistent marine heatwave. The CO2 instruments onboard will provide precious insight on its effects on the surface pCO2.
To learn more ⤵️
www.linkedin.com/posts/up-gro...
Environmental Physics (UP) Group on LinkedIn: #heerwego #sailforscience #oceanscience #ethzurich #dusys
⛵ Extreme Sailing for Science – episode 3 🌍
The impacts of marine heatwaves
Day 9, Oliver Heer is now sailing through the hot North Atlantic. Our CO2…
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November 21, 2024 at 1:59 PM
🌊 Extreme Sailing for Science⛵
As Oliver Heer sails through the North Atlantic, he crosses a widespread and persistent marine heatwave. The CO2 instruments onboard will provide precious insight on its effects on the surface pCO2.
To learn more ⤵️
www.linkedin.com/posts/up-gro...
As Oliver Heer sails through the North Atlantic, he crosses a widespread and persistent marine heatwave. The CO2 instruments onboard will provide precious insight on its effects on the surface pCO2.
To learn more ⤵️
www.linkedin.com/posts/up-gro...
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Here is a starter pack of scientists based in Switzerland🇨🇭active in climate/environmental research (in nat. & soc. sciences) @retoknutti.bsky.social @robertfinger.bsky.social @jksteinberger.bsky.social @rarohde.bsky.social @florianaltermatt.bsky.social @kariningold.bsky.social
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November 16, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Here is a starter pack of scientists based in Switzerland🇨🇭active in climate/environmental research (in nat. & soc. sciences) @retoknutti.bsky.social @robertfinger.bsky.social @jksteinberger.bsky.social @rarohde.bsky.social @florianaltermatt.bsky.social @kariningold.bsky.social
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🌊 Extreme Sailing for Science⛵
In their long journey around the world, Oliver Heer and the CO2 instruments onboard will cross ocean regions taking up CO2 or releasing CO2. Watch our video on the expected conditions and learn why this data campaign is so crucial ⤵️
www.linkedin.com/posts/up-gro...
In their long journey around the world, Oliver Heer and the CO2 instruments onboard will cross ocean regions taking up CO2 or releasing CO2. Watch our video on the expected conditions and learn why this data campaign is so crucial ⤵️
www.linkedin.com/posts/up-gro...
November 14, 2024 at 1:46 PM
🌊 Extreme Sailing for Science⛵
In their long journey around the world, Oliver Heer and the CO2 instruments onboard will cross ocean regions taking up CO2 or releasing CO2. Watch our video on the expected conditions and learn why this data campaign is so crucial ⤵️
www.linkedin.com/posts/up-gro...
In their long journey around the world, Oliver Heer and the CO2 instruments onboard will cross ocean regions taking up CO2 or releasing CO2. Watch our video on the expected conditions and learn why this data campaign is so crucial ⤵️
www.linkedin.com/posts/up-gro...
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🌊 What does the future hold for plankton in a warming world? It's a vast question, and this article dives into the latest research to find some answers. Featuring insights from a former postdoc of our group ⤵️
#oceanscience #futureocean #climatechange
#oceanscience #futureocean #climatechange
Researchers Parse the Future of Plankton in an Ever-Warmer World
Plankton form the base of the world’s food chain, but warmer and more acidic oceans are affecting their numbers and variety. Some species, which make for good fish food and carbon storage, are largely...
e360.yale.edu
October 21, 2024 at 8:18 AM
🌊 What does the future hold for plankton in a warming world? It's a vast question, and this article dives into the latest research to find some answers. Featuring insights from a former postdoc of our group ⤵️
#oceanscience #futureocean #climatechange
#oceanscience #futureocean #climatechange
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🌎 Join our team! 🌊 We are looking for a highly motivated student to investigate the global organic carbon budget in marine sediments. 🤓 Please share with anyone who might be interested. More info ⤵️
PhD Student in Modeling Organic Carbon Sequestration in Marine Sediments
eth-gethired.ch
October 9, 2024 at 9:25 AM
🌎 Join our team! 🌊 We are looking for a highly motivated student to investigate the global organic carbon budget in marine sediments. 🤓 Please share with anyone who might be interested. More info ⤵️
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Hello bsky world 👋
We are the Environmental Physics Group from ETH Zurich, working at the intersection of ocean biogeochemistry, marine ecology, and climate. Get ready for exciting research updates, discoveries, and opportunities to join our journey. 🤓🌍💙 #OceanScience #ClimateAction
We are the Environmental Physics Group from ETH Zurich, working at the intersection of ocean biogeochemistry, marine ecology, and climate. Get ready for exciting research updates, discoveries, and opportunities to join our journey. 🤓🌍💙 #OceanScience #ClimateAction
September 13, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Hello bsky world 👋
We are the Environmental Physics Group from ETH Zurich, working at the intersection of ocean biogeochemistry, marine ecology, and climate. Get ready for exciting research updates, discoveries, and opportunities to join our journey. 🤓🌍💙 #OceanScience #ClimateAction
We are the Environmental Physics Group from ETH Zurich, working at the intersection of ocean biogeochemistry, marine ecology, and climate. Get ready for exciting research updates, discoveries, and opportunities to join our journey. 🤓🌍💙 #OceanScience #ClimateAction
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“The impact of rain on air-sea CO₂ fluxes hasn’t been systematically examined, but understanding it gives us a more complete picture…This is especially important since rainfall patterns over the ocean are expected to shift with climate change, and that could impact the ocean carbon sink.” 🌊🧪
Rain increases the global ocean carbon uptake by about 6%
The ocean plays an important role in the global carbon cycle by absorbing about one-quarter of the carbon emitted by human activities every year
www.soest.hawaii.edu
September 10, 2024 at 6:40 PM
“The impact of rain on air-sea CO₂ fluxes hasn’t been systematically examined, but understanding it gives us a more complete picture…This is especially important since rainfall patterns over the ocean are expected to shift with climate change, and that could impact the ocean carbon sink.” 🌊🧪