Ocean temperatures the world over are building at a relentless rate as humans continue to alter the atmosphere around them.
human warming of the ocean was equivalent to dropping the equivalent of five Hiroshima bombs into the ocean per second.climate scientist Michael Mann from Pennsylvania State University.
"Until we reach net zero emissions, that heating will continue, and we'll continue to break ocean heat content records, as we did this year. Better awareness and understanding of the oceans are a basis for the actions to combat climate change."Without cutting our emissions, not even short-term, regional fluctuations in temperature and circulation can change our current trajectory.
During an episode of La Niña, for instance, when winds and ocean currents change, the northern parts of the Pacific OceanDespite this minor cooling effect swinging into action in late 2021, warming in the North Pacific ocean has remained"Last year, warming anomalies in the middle of the North Pacific were measured at ~2°C near the surface and 1°C ~300 meters deep.
"The relentless increases in [ocean heat content] have direct implications for the frequency, intensity, and extent of marine heat waves and other 'hot spots' within the ocean," the authorsTake, for example, the notorious 'Blob' that keeps popping up off the coast of the pacific northwest in the United States and southwest Canada. In 2014, this massive ocean heat wave,