The story of oceans and climate would not be complete until we explore the impact of weather and climate on marine life. We also need to understand how ocean life, notably phytoplankton might modulate oceanic weather and climate, through their role in the global carbon cycle, and on the ocean heat budget.
One way that phytoplankton influence the oceans is through heating. Photosynthesis is quite inefficient, so much of the light absorbed by phytoplankton cells is released as heat.
This video is part of the Copernicus Oceans from Space Massive Open Online Course which is freely available here [ Ссылка ]
