Climate: the colossal impact of global warming on the ocean

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The oceans have a fundamental role in regulating the climate. Flickr / Creative Commons

By: Anne-Cécile Bras Follow

The ocean plays an essential role in the climatic system of our planet, but today, it saturates: it rises, it heats, it acidifies… The consequences on biodiversity are immense, perhaps irreversible and that will suit us costly.

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Guest: Gilles Bœuf, biologist, professor at Pierre and Marie Curie University

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