Not just land heat waves: Oceans are in hot water, too

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WASHINGTON — Even the oceans are breaking temperature records in this summer of heat waves.

Off the San Diego coast, scientists earlier this month recorded all-time high seawater temperatures since daily measurements began in 1916.

"Just like we have heat waves on land, we also have heat waves in the ocean," said Art Miller of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Between 1982 and 2016, the number of "marine heat waves" roughly doubled, and likely will become more common and intense as the planet warms, a study released Wednesday found. Prolonged periods of extreme heat in the oceans can damage kelp forests and coral reefs, and harm fish and other marine life.

"This trend will only further accelerate with global warming," said Thomas Frolicher, a climate scientist at the University of Bern in Switzerland, who led the research.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/not-just-land-heat-waves-oceans-are-in-hot-water-too/ar-BBLYJaz

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1. ocean at waikiki today 81, less than a degree above normal. hurricane coming

our way next week will be grooving on the warm water in the area

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2. Thermodynamics at work. The reason the ocean ice is melting at an accelerated pace.

It isn't so much the heat at the surface as it is the heat of the water. Solid mass, like land, is an excellent heat sink. However, with water covering most of the planet, the oceans are absorbing the bulk of it.