Posted on Jan 18, 2022
Ocean heat hit record high in 2021 as Earth warms, NOAA says
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Yeah, who cares? We aren't doing anything to affect the planet so there is no reason for us to care. This is just what happens with the Earth. /s
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...""Science leaves no room for doubt: Climate change is the existential threat of our time," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement.
Ocean heat content, which is a measure of the amount of heat stored in the upper levels of the ocean, hit a record high in 2021, according to the NOAA report. Russell Vose, chief of climate monitoring at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, said the warmth of the world’s oceans last year was “the highest since records began six decades ago.”
“The point is, the oceans are storing a heck of a lot of heat,” he added.
Though oceans naturally absorb and store heat, the pace of ocean warming is a concern because increasing temperatures in these bodies of water can contribute to ocean acidification, sea-level rise and extreme weather.
NOAA said 2021 marked the 45th consecutive year since 1977 in which global temperatures ranked higher than the 20th century average, providing yet another indication of the effect of climate change on the planet.
"There's a lot of collected information that paints this coherent picture of a warming world," Vose said Thursday in a news briefing. "It's pretty clear that it's getting warmer."...
...""Science leaves no room for doubt: Climate change is the existential threat of our time," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement.
Ocean heat content, which is a measure of the amount of heat stored in the upper levels of the ocean, hit a record high in 2021, according to the NOAA report. Russell Vose, chief of climate monitoring at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, said the warmth of the world’s oceans last year was “the highest since records began six decades ago.”
“The point is, the oceans are storing a heck of a lot of heat,” he added.
Though oceans naturally absorb and store heat, the pace of ocean warming is a concern because increasing temperatures in these bodies of water can contribute to ocean acidification, sea-level rise and extreme weather.
NOAA said 2021 marked the 45th consecutive year since 1977 in which global temperatures ranked higher than the 20th century average, providing yet another indication of the effect of climate change on the planet.
"There's a lot of collected information that paints this coherent picture of a warming world," Vose said Thursday in a news briefing. "It's pretty clear that it's getting warmer."...
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