The ocean has a significant impact on a region’s climate. Since water has such a high heat capacity, air masses over oceans
have wide ranges

in temperature, compared to air masses over land. Ocean water, in equatorial regions, stores large amounts of solar energy because of the direct sunlight it receives. Solar energy can be distributed to higher latitudes by
surface currents.

The distribution of solar energy by warm ocean currents causes regions at higher latitudes, such as the United Kingdom, to have a
more moderate

climate, compared to other locations at the same latitude.