Video: How chilly seawater keeps an aquarium warm

The Alaska SeaLife Center has managed to reduce its carbon footprint and cut its annual utility bills in half. The secret: In 2008, the aquarium used state and federal grants to install a seawater heat pump system.

The system uses Resurrection Bay is like a giant solar battery, storing heat that’s traveled from the equator to Alaska.

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