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> The global average sea-surface temperature hit a record 70 degrees on Aug. 22, according to Europe’s Earth observation agency Copernicus, which has been track
by andsoitis 2mo ago
> The global average sea-surface temperature hit a record 70 degrees on Aug. 22, according to Europe’s Earth observation agency Copernicus, which has been tracking the metric daily since 1979. The previous single-day record was measured in March 2024.
70°F is 21°C
Fish don't have AC.
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- squidlib 2mo agoHow deep is the surface measurement though? It’s a record nonetheless, but a few meters deeper - where fish actually live is likely cooler.
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- andsoitis 2mo agoDeep ocean temperatures have also been rising over the decades: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2024GL111229 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/202...
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- timr 2mo agoYes, but it’s not uniform at all. The paper shows cooling in some parts of the north, and heating in the southern latitudes, along with significant variations by depth. There’s a lot of nuance in this stuff - far more than global average surface temperature (which is primarily good for scary headlines) and “fish don’t have AC”.
- 2legit2quit 2mo ago> Yes, but it’s not uniform at all. Translation: "I expect all areas to be affected the same, despite axial tilt, fluid dynamics, etc."
- timr 2mo agoNo. Not everyone boils everything down to a sophomoric take.
- andsoitis 2mo agoDo you think the general statement “ocean temperatures are rising” is misleading?
- timr 2mo agoNo, but it's so vague that it's meaningless.
- anakaine 2mo agoThat's not the issue, though I recognise the poster above was remarking about fish. High surface temps means more cyclones / typhoons / hurricanes, more coral bleaching, lower fish breeding and feeding because reefs die, impacts out food chains and destroys our homes. Im Australian, so it also means droughts, water restrictions, and significant increases in bushfire number and severity after a few years of drought. Drought followed by cyclone, or bulk rain events causes catastrophic flooding. Its a shit show.
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- userbinator 2mo agosince 1979 And what about the years before that?
- defrost 2mo agoOther agencies tracked ocean thermoclines. Eg: Totally not tracking submarines, we're looking at dolphins and whales! With notable funky bespoke hardware: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RP_FLIP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RP_FLIP Scripps itself has been running since 1903.
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- BLKNSLVR 2mo agoHint: https://xkcd.com/1732/ https://xkcd.com/1732/
- jay_kyburz 2mo agoEarth has, human civilization as we know it has not.
- tzs 2mo agoThat's like saying coastal sea level rise is nothing to worry about in places like Florida because that whole area was at the bottom of an ocean 100 million years ago.
- andsoitis 2mo agoDid you mean “humans or capitalism”? In any event, who cares what the climate was like before humans walked the planet? We do care about what it is like while we’re around because it puts significant constraints on our lives.