bluewave Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago New SST records set for the subtropical oceans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago 31 minutes ago, bluewave said: New SST records set for the subtropical oceans. Why did they wait til the mid 90s to finally start warming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted 2 hours ago Author Share Posted 2 hours ago 10 hours ago, GaWx said: Why did they wait til the mid 90s to finally start warming? Tough sell/science for now ... ( and I realize you're not asking me directly - ) but, I've surmised it may be related to C02 growth in the atmosphere, exceeding absorption rate/capacity of the oceans. With more C02 left available to store tropospheric heat, that effects heat exchange efficiency in the total atmosphere/ocean coupled model. How? A warmer C02 richer atmosphere increased WV loading, and above some mass, this slows the evaporation rate off the ocean, which physically transports heat away with the evaporating mass... This slows ocean cooling, ...such that heat absorption exceeds heat escaping --> temp goes up. Probably? approaching a critical mass threshold where we all die. Have nice day /// 2023 didn't just happen for shits and giggles. And the ITZ SST band only dropping .6, while the Sub -T SSTs tickle history, means the total region is actually not going down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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