The ocean is called the energy reservoir and regulator of the earth's weather and climate. Do you know why?

Most of the solar radiation reaching the earth is absorbed by the ocean, which has great specific heat capacity and mass, so it constitutes a pure natural energy pool. The solid state, liquid state and gas state of water can be converted to each other, and heat will be generated and dissipated during the conversion process. When the temperature is too high, the water on the ocean surface will evaporate, and when the temperature is too low, the ocean surface will freeze, so the ocean has strong adjustment ability.

Firstly, the concept of ocean is introduced. The ocean is the floorboard of the widest water body on the earth. The vast body of water separated by continents is called the ocean. The ocean in the ocean refers to the central part of the ocean, while the sea is the marginal part. The sea area on the earth accounts for about 7 1% of the earth's surface area, and the water in the ocean accounts for 97% of the earth's total water, but only 2% can be used for human consumption.

In tropical areas, the water temperature near the equator is obviously higher than that in high-latitude marine areas because of the strong direct radiation of the sun and the excess energy in the ocean. The warm current in the ocean flows from the equator to the high latitudes, while the cold current in the high latitudes flows to the equator in the form of large-scale circulation, resulting in the re-release of energy, so that the temperature difference between the equatorial region and the poles will not be too big. In addition, the ocean also transports a lot of energy and water vapor to the atmosphere, so there is an exchange of heat, momentum and matter between the ocean and the atmosphere, and the interaction between the ocean and the atmosphere can cause ever-changing weather and climate phenomena or extreme events. It can be said that the ocean participates in the process of material and energy balance on the whole earth surface and becomes an indispensable part of the whole climate system.

The ocean has a lot to do with global warming. First, the global temperature has risen sharply, and the ocean has absorbed 90% of the heat generated by climate change. Global warming also leads to the rise of sea level, and the warming of sea water is uneven, because heat flows around the world under the action of water flow. Because the ocean has the function of stabilizing temperature, a lot of energy generated by human beings is absorbed by the ocean.