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Ocean temperatures are off the charts right now, and scientists are alarmed
Record high temperatures on the ground have already been reported this year. But what the situation is like on 70% of the planet’s surface? The oceans have recorded the warmest temperature in the last four straight years. Such rising temperatures affect marine life and diversity significantly, not to mention the melting ice sheets from Greenland and Antarctica and rising sea levels. Also, the oceans absorb almost 90% of the excess heat and about a quarter of the carbon pollution humans produce. However, the warmer the waters are, the less they absorb carbon, which results in more carbon being left in the atmosphere and acceleration of global warming. The recent ocean warming occurred during the last La Nina, the cool phases of a recurring climate pattern across the tropical Pacific. Now, its counterpart El Nino is predicted to occur this year. What will the global temperatures be like this year and beyond? Record high temperatures have already been reported in various places around the world so far this year (Vol.4040). Indeed, the consequences of such ocean warming are going to be significant.
Read the article and learn about the impacts of rising ocean temperatures.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/05/world/ocean-surface-temperature-heat-record-climate-intl/index.html
Ocean temperatures are off the charts right now, and scientists are alarmed
Record high temperatures on the ground have already been reported this year. But what the situation is like on 70% of the planet’s surface? The oceans have recorded the warmest temperature in the last four straight years. Such rising temperatures affect marine life and diversity significantly, not to mention the melting ice sheets from Greenland and Antarctica and rising sea levels. Also, the oceans absorb almost 90% of the excess heat and about a quarter of the carbon pollution humans produce. However, the warmer the waters are, the less they absorb carbon, which results in more carbon being left in the atmosphere and acceleration of global warming. The recent ocean warming occurred during the last La Nina, the cool phases of a recurring climate pattern across the tropical Pacific. Now, its counterpart El Nino is predicted to occur this year. What will the global temperatures be like this year and beyond? Record high temperatures have already been reported in various places around the world so far this year (Vol.4040). Indeed, the consequences of such ocean warming are going to be significant.
Read the article and learn about the impacts of rising ocean temperatures.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/05/world/ocean-surface-temperature-heat-record-climate-intl/index.html
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