Climate Change Science: A Modern Synthesis || Ocean Heat Content and Rising Sea LevelOcean heat is increasing, especially in the upper 700 m and sea level is rising worldwide. A worldwide rise in sea level is known as a eustatic sea level rise. Factors affecting climate are complex but ...
The ocean is taking up additional heat but how this affects ocean circulation and heat transport is unclear. Here, using coupled model intercomparison project phase 5/6 (CMIP5/6) climate projections, we show a future decrease in poleward ocean heat trans
While hurricanes occur naturally, human-caused climate change is supercharging them and exacerbating the risk of major damage. Here using ocean and atmosphere observations, we demonstrate links between increased upper ocean heat content due to global warming with the extreme rainfalls from recent hurrica...
2. Ocean Monitoring System Development Measuring climate change is a challenging task. Ocean climatic trends, by their nature, are long-term rates of change in quantities such as ocean heat content (OHC), salinity, sea level, stratification, dissolved oxygen, ocean chemistry/acidity, the biological...
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Ocean heat content at a record high So far, 2018 has set a new record for the total amount of warmth stored in the seas – known as ocean heat content (OHC). Measured OHC was warmer than any other year since observations began in the early 1940s. ...
Ocean surface temperatures are also setting records. Surface temperature refers to the temperature of the very top layer of the ocean, where the water meets the atmosphere. These temperatures are crucial because they determine the rate at which heat and moisture (humidity) are transferred from the...
However, sea level does not rise equally everywhere: regional patterns of sea level change are dominated by local changes in ocean heat content and salinity. Sea level has risen around 10 mm since January 2020. While this may not sound significant, it is nearly 10% of rise since 1993 in ...
Accurate knowledge of the location and magnitude of ocean heat content (OHC) variability and change is essential for understanding the processes that govern decadal variations in surface temperature, quantifying changes in the planetary energy budget, and developing constraints on the transient climate res...
The Southern Ocean (>30° S) has taken up a large amount of anthropogenic heat north of the Subantarctic Front (SAF) of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). Poor sampling before the 1990s and decadal variability have heretofore masked the ocean’s dynamic response to this warming. Here...