• Ocean storage monitoring can take place by detecting the CO2
plume, but not by measuring ocean surface release to the
atmosphere.
• The ocean transports about half of this heat via shallow and
deep currents collectively known as the ocean conveyor belt (thermohaline
circulation, see figure).
• The asymmetric distribution of the continents between the two
hemispheres plays a key role because the ocean warms up slowly so is less ready
to re-emit infrared radiation immediately.
