Ocean Warming - Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
网页The effects of ocean warming include sea level rise due to thermal expansion, coral bleaching, accelerated melting of Earth’s major ice sheets, intensified hurricanes*, and changes in ocean health and biochemistry.
Three reasons why the ocean's record-breaking hot streak is …
网页2024年4月29日 · Since the middle of March last year, the average sea surface temperature of the extrapolar ocean, at latitudes from 60° N to 60° S, has broken the daily record every single day, NOAA data...
Chart: How rapidly is the global ocean temperature rising | World ...
网页2023年1月26日 · The annual average temperature of ocean surfaces has been diverging from the 20th century (1900-1999) average more and more since the 1980s. In 2022, global ocean surface temperatures were 0.69 degrees Celsius higher than that century’s average, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Climate Change Indicators: Sea Surface Temperature | US EPA
网页2016年6月27日 · The surface temperature of the world’s oceans varies mainly with latitude, with the warmest waters generally near the equator and the coldest waters in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. As the oceans absorb more heat, sea surface temperature increases, and the ocean circulation patterns that transport warm and cold water around the globe ...
Ocean temperatures are off the charts right now, and scientists …
网页2023年5月5日 · Ocean temperatures have skyrocketed this spring, leaving scientists scrambling to figure out why. But the impacts are potentially catastrophic if temperatures continue to head off the charts.
Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s …
网页2024年4月10日 · Last month, the average global sea surface temperature reached a new monthly high of 21.07 degrees Celsius, or 69.93 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, a ...
Oceans break heat records five years in a row - Nature
网页2024年1月11日 · Measurement of ocean temperatures to 2000 metres has revealed a large increase in warming in 2023. Credit: borchee/Getty. The world’s oceans absorbed more heat in 2023 than in any other year...
How is climate change impacting the world’s ocean
网页At a 1.1°C increase in temperature today, an estimated 60 percent of the world's marine ecosystems have already been degraded or are being used unsustainably. A warming of 1.5°C threatens to...
Why are our oceans getting warmer? - National Geographic
网页2023年5月1日 · The world’s oceans are running a fever—sea surface temperatures have been record-breakingly hot in the past few months. Scientists think a looming El Niño weather pattern may be partially to...
The ocean is hotter than ever: what happens next? - Nature
网页2023年5月10日 · The global ocean hit a new record temperature of 21.1 ºC in early April, 0.1 ºC higher than the last record in March 2016. Although striking, the figure (see 'How the ocean is warming') is in...