This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Sizzlin' Seas!
There have only been reliable records for the temperatures of the oceans since 1940. 2020 had, in spite of lockdowns, the hottest sea temperatures on record. In deed, all 5 of the highest records occurred between 2015 and 2020 (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/13/climate-crisis-record-ocean-heat-in-2020-supercharged-extreme-weather). This heating of seawater is predictable. 90% of the extra heat trapped by 'greenhouse gases', is absorbed by the oceans. Our seas appear to be currently heating faster than at any time in the last 2000 years. All this extra energy, naturally, provides more power for violent storms and 29 tropical storms occurred in the Atlantic in 2020. In order to track climate change, we really need to monitor what is happening to ocean temperatures. The seas can't suck up the heat forever, without there being major changes to the viability of its systems and real problems for we landlubbers.
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