Higher than expected Ocean temperature rise

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For the past year, oceans around the world have been substantially warmer than usual. Last month was the hottest January on record in the world’s oceans, and temperatures have continued to rise since then.

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The heat wave has been especially pronounced in the North Atlantic.

Scientists Are Freaking Out About Ocean Temperatures

“It’s like an omen of the future.”

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It's a pretty significant rise, even accounting for El Nino, and is surprising many, and leading to new hypotheses about why existing models didn't suggest nearly as much increase.

 

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Global warming pushes ocean temperatures off the charts: study​

In 2023, the world's oceans took up an enormous amount of excess heat, enough to "boil away billions of Olympic-sized swimming pools," according to an annual report published Thursday.
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In 2023, the oceans soaked up around 9 to 15 zettajoules more than in 2022, according to the respective estimates from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Chinese Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP).

One zettajoule of energy is roughly equivalent to ten times the electricity generated worldwide in a year.

Global warming pushes ocean temperatures off the charts: study

In 2023, the world's oceans took up an enormous amount of excess heat, enough to "boil away billions of Olympic-sized swimming pools," according to an annual report published Thursday.

phys.org