Most scientists studying global climate change look to the atmosphere.
Paul Loubere peers into the deep, dark abyss of the eastern Pacific Ocean. Because the marine life regulates the release of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, Loubere believes nature's watery pipeline also may provide a key to unraveling mysteries of climate change, including global warming. Loubere, a professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences at Northern Illinois University, shares his research findings on the possible effects of the equatorial undercurrent in the Aug. 3 issue of the prestigious journal, Nature. My research presents the first evidence that there's something else to seriously consider here. Loubere studied marine life in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, a primary region for exchange between deeper and surface ocean waters and between the ocean and the atmosphere.