Ocean Temperatures Keep Shattering Records—and Stunning Scientists
Sea surface temperatures have been skyrocketing beyond expectations. That may be a bad sign for hurricane season—and the health of ocean ecosystems.
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Sea surface temperatures have been skyrocketing beyond expectations. That may be a bad sign for hurricane season—and the health of ocean ecosystems.
For climate scientists, in dispute are global historical sea surface temperatures from the 19th century.
The year 2021 was a rather 'cranky' one for our team! For one, quite some research was cranked out - i.e. published - by team members and for another, a particular Cranky Uncle started to make the rounds throughout the year. As in previous recaps, this one is divided into several sections:
The only question remaining is how much warmer 2023 will wind up when the world's agencies complete their final analyses over the next two weeks.
What we don't know can still hurt us very much indeed.