Growth of ocean thermal energy conversion resources under greenhouse warming regulated by oceanic eddies

Tianshi Du; Zhao Jing; Lixin Wu; Hong Wang; Zhaohui Chen; Xiaohui Ma; Bolan Gan; Haiyuan Yang

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34835-z

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Growth of ocean thermal energy conversion resources under greenhouse warming regulated by oceanic eddies

Tianshi Du,
Zhao Jing,
Lixin Wu,
Hong Wang,
Zhaohui Chen,
Xiaohui Ma,
Bolan Gan,
Haiyuan Yang

Affiliations

Tianshi Du: Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System and Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China
Zhao Jing: Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System and Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China
Lixin Wu: Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System and Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China
Hong Wang: Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System and Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China
Zhaohui Chen: Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System and Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China
Xiaohui Ma: Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System and Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China
Bolan Gan: Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System and Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China
Haiyuan Yang: Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System and Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34835-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) resources provide a renewable solution to fuel our future. Here the authors show a significant increase of OTEC resources under greenhouse warming with the increasing rate regulated by oceanic eddies.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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