Grist: It`s not news that the ocean plays a role in climate change. It absorbs heat, sequesters carbon, releases carbon, impacts local weather patterns, etc. Hell, the ocean covers about 70 percent of the Earth`s surface, so it would be kind of shocking if it didn`t have a big role to play. But we are still literally in the dark about some of the deepest, darkest parts of the ocean - they might as well be in outer space given how much we know about them.
Fortunately, scientists are working hard to remedy...