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Friday, July 17th, 2015

Warming of oceans due to climate change is unstoppable, say US scientists

Author:     Suzanne Goldenberg
Source:     The Guardian (U.K.)
Publication Date:     Thursday 16 July 2015 13.23 EDT
 Link: Warming of oceans due to climate change is unstoppable, say US scientists
Stephan:   This is the second report making it clear we have passed the tipping point on climate change. No matter what we do the ocean warming trend will continue and its effects on the ecosystem of the world ocean will be profound and that, in turn, will have a huge negative impact on human civilization. It is no longer if, but now how much and when.  Each year from now on the effects of climate change will be more and more pronounced. Sea rise, for instance, which will be one of the first things to really impact civilization will accelerate ever more dramatically.
Globally 90% of the excess heat caused by the rise in greenhouse gas emissions is absorbed by the oceans. Credit: Alamy

Globally 90% of the excess heat caused by the rise in greenhouse gas emissions is absorbed by the oceans.
Credit: Alamy

The warming of the oceans due to climate change is now unstoppable after record temperatures last year, bringing additional sea-level rise, and raising the risks of severe storms, US government climate scientists said on Thursday. (emphasis added)

The annual State of the Climate in 2014 report, based on research from 413 scientists from 58 countries, found record warming on the surface and upper levels of the oceans, especially in the North Pacific, in line with earlier findings of 2014 as the hottest year on record.

Global sea-level also reached a record high, with the expansion of those warming waters, keeping pace with the 3.2 ± 0.4 mm per year trend in sea level growth over the past two decades, the report […]

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2 Comments

  1. steve hovland on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 7:36 pm

    I noticed that this report didn’t say anything about the extreme cold and snow we’ve had the last two winters.

  2. Rev. Dean on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 9:18 am

    I have been gardening here in this same spot for 25 years and have never seen a year like this one. It has rained so much that I haven’t had a chance to keep up with the weeding. I’m old, and have had to endure more time on my hands and knees pulling out weeds like I never had to before here or in any of my previous gardening spots. I just can’t keep up with it any more. At the same time the poor folks in California are in dire need of some of this water, but get nothing near what they need. It is sad what we’ve done to our planet; now we pay for our ignorance of neglecting climate change which we brought on ourselves.