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Ocean Temperatures: Is this what a tipping point looks like? [1]
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Date: 2023-04-26
Record ocean temperatures put Earth in ‘uncharted territory’, say scientists [Link to The Guardian]
The rapid acceleration of ocean temperatures in the last month is an anomaly that scientists have yet to explain. Data collated by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), known as the Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (OISST) series, gathered by satellites and buoys, has shown temperatures higher than in any previous year, in a series stretching back to 1981, continuously over the past 42 days.
Some scientists fear that the rapid warming could be a sign of the climate crisis progressing at a faster rate than predicted. The oceans have acted as a kind of global buffer to the climate crisis over recent decades, both by absorbing vast amounts of the carbon dioxide that we have poured into the atmosphere, and by storing about 90% of the excess energy and heat this has created, dampening some of the impacts of global heating on land. Some scientists fear we could be reaching the limit of the oceans’ capacity to absorb these excesses.
The heat capacity of water is high, therefore even a slight increase represents a huge energy gain.
Shocking to say the least, hopefully it's a blip, otherwise hurricane season this year could be truly tragic.
If we have reached the ocean's capacity to smooth out excesses, well…
I’m dreading this summer, temperature records are already be broken daily around the world, especially in Spain.
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