Our Bathwater is Too Hot?

People often talk about 'Global warming', when they discuss climate change. John Abraham (University of St Thomas Minnesota) points out, however, that most excess heat finishes up in the oceans (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/11/ocean-temperatures-earth-heat-increase-record). Abrahams helpfully notes that the 14 zettajoules of heat energy absorbed annually by the oceans, is equivalent to 7 Hiroshima atom bombs detonating every second, 24 hours a day for each of the 365 days. That's a lot of heat energy! Abraham was a participant in a study taking ocean temperatures around the globe. The recordings were taken at depths of least 2000 metres from the surface (so, direct solar radiation was not a factor). The measurements confirmed that, around the planet, ocean temperatures broke previous records. Heating of the oceans has, of course, dramatic effects on marine life. It will also, however, have major impacts on terrestrial rainfall patterns, as well as the genesis/power of hurricanes and cylones. These effects will persist for very extended periods, even if humans reduce their 'greenhouse gas' emissions.