Posted on 11/15/2014 5:36:31 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
From the University of Hawaii ‑ SOEST
“This summer has seen the highest global mean sea surface temperatures ever recorded since their systematic measuring started. Temperatures even exceed those of the record-breaking 1998 El Niño year,” says Axel Timmermann, climate scientist and professor, studying variability of the global climate system at the International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
From 2000-2013 the global ocean surface temperature rise paused, in spite of increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. This period, referred to as the Global Warming Hiatus, raised a lot of public and scientific interest. However, as of April 2014 ocean warming has picked up speed again, according to Timmermann’s analysis of ocean temperature datasets.
“The 2014 global ocean warming is mostly due to the North Pacific, which has warmed far beyond any recorded value (Figure 1a) and has shifted hurricane tracks, weakened trade winds, and produced coral bleaching in the Hawaiian Islands,” explains Timmermann.
He describes the events leading up to this upswing as follows: Sea-surface temperatures started to rise unusually quickly in the extratropical North Pacific already in January 2014. A few months later, in April and May, westerly winds pushed a huge amount of very warm water usually stored in the western Pacific along the equator to the eastern Pacific. This warm water has spread along the North American Pacific coast, releasing into the atmosphere enormous amounts of heat–heat that had been locked up in the Western tropical Pacific for nearly a decade.
“Record-breaking greenhouse gas concentrations and anomalously weak North Pacific summer trade winds, which usually cool the ocean surface, have contributed further to the rise in sea surface temperatures. The warm temperatures now extend in a wide swath from just north of Papua New Guinea to the Gulf of Alaska (Figure 1b),” says Timmermann.
The current record-breaking temperatures indicate that the 14-year-long pause in ocean warming has come to an end.
Dats what happens when republicans drive their SUVs on ocean water.
When global warming is a prerequisite for grant money, global warming is going to be an explanation for everything. Other possibilities, like fewer hurricanes, or underwater volcanoes can’t possibly have anything to do with warmer ocean temperatures, not to mention jet streams. It has to be increased CO2 gasses in the atmosphere causing the water to heat up, despite not having any evidence to support that.
there we HAVE IT!...Al Sharpton’s diction coach the nearly inimitmoable George Kingfish Stevens!!
“who says I cant speak contemperanusly there andy??”
I here ya. Snow here already. The highs here have been literally 40 degrees below normal. Global warming my lily white backside.
Funny how their manipulated sea temperature highs hasn’t resulted in real world hurricane highs.
They are measuring a few hundred years (assuming we credit them with anything before 1900) — that is not even an eyeblink in Earth’s 4.5 billion history.
“Claim” does not equal fact.
Snow in SE Missouri tonight!
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Sal Minella says:
It’s so cool that we can measure average ocean temp to .001 degrees. We must be using some of that alien tech from area 51 because I know of no way to accomplish this with Earth tech.
I wonder how they took into consideration volcano activities on the ocean floor...
O’ Wait...
Plus “ever” means 2010, with incomplete data back to 2003.
I guess I should call my Aunt in Hawaii goodbye ASAP.
We sure could use it.
Another dry winter will kill us.
Hell, every brewer knows THAT :)
Let me dun tol u my sha, here be in South Louisiana dat globul warming she be so damn bat dat de crabs dun be jump otta de water direct to de crab bucket. They dun be cooked an be reddy to eat. U just be need to be add butter and Zatarians spice.
I kno not what be dat Doctor Mann who be said dat globull warming be bad. Hell man, de Crabs jump into my plate and be ready to eat. De crawfish be knocking on door en de front to stay de cool by me air conditioning machine. Wat be the problem, 80% de crawfish be not hot, an 20% be crawfish gumbo. An one time I be at Antoines en New Orlens an be eat dat Trout Almonde. It be good for sure but cost dis Coon Ass 55 dollars. I be done thinking bout dis Globull Warming thing and go don to Timbalier Bay be West of Golden Meadows. I trow some almonds on de water, some butter in de pan and u know it be but 10 minutes and I have "Trout Almonde" and cost me but less dan one dollar.
Now be it known dat all good food come from de Louisiana an dat be South Louisiana. But Lord must gimmie de pass on dis one for I gotta drink dat Shinner Beer from Texas, wit me crawfish and please do not stop Globull Warming.
You said if you lie make it big. Did I pass?
I always thought that hurricanes are caused by high sea temperatures and their formation resulted in lower sea temps. Since there were no hurricanes to speak of, sea temps weren’t high enough to create hurricanes.
Lol!! “Not even 40 yet” ain’t old!! Besides, living up in the Mountains is great!!!! Snow baby SNOW!!!!!!! Not to mention all of the 4 legged cool Animals passing by on a daily basis!!! Heck, just think of the poor folk stuck down in ‘The Big City’ KoRn!! You are one of the lucky ones!!
Yep! Let it snow baby!! Early this year for sure!
They’ve reached the limits of what rectal probing can teach them and have moved on to bigger and better things.
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