'Big sponge': New CO2 tech taps oceans to tackle global warming
Floating in the port of Los Angeles, a strange-looking barge covered with pipes and tanks contains a concept that scientists hope to make waves: a new way to use the ocean as a vast carbon dioxide sponge to tackle global warming.
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The world's oceans are suddenly considerably hotter than just a month or two ago and well above record levels. Scientists are trying to figure out why.
Current global policies put us on track for about 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit of warming in the next 75 years, but there is a lot of wiggle room in that value, depending on whether or not actual emissions match global policies.
