The year 2024 looks to be worse than the year 2023. The above chart shows sea surface temperatures that were extremely high in 2023 followed by a steep rise in 2024, crossing 21°C in early January 2024. The chart below illustrates this further, showing the daily sea surface temperature anomaly using 1 Sep. 1981 to…
The year 2024 looks to be worse than the year 2023. The above chart shows sea surface temperatures that were extremely high in 2023 followed by a steep rise in 2024, crossing 21°C in early January 2024. The chart below illustrates this further, showing the daily sea surface temperature anomaly using 1 Sep. 1981 to…
The above image, adapted from NASA and the image below, adapted from Climate Reanalyzer and using the same baseline, illustrate the September 2023 temperature anomaly. September 2023 was the month with the highest temperature anomaly on record. What contributed to this? El Niño The temperature rose about 0.5°C from November 2022 to March 2023, and this occurred…
The above image, adapted from Climate Reanalyzer, shows that on September 8, 2023, the North Atlantic sea surface reached a new record high temperature, of 25.4°C, even higher than the record reached the day before. The situation is critical! More heat entering the Arctic Ocean threatens to destabilize hydrates and cause huge amounts of methane…
Arctic Ocean heating up There are at least five mechanisms that cause the water of the Arctic Ocean to heat up, as described below. 1. Direct Heat. Heat from sunlight directly reaches the surface, i.e. the sea ice or the water of the Arctic Ocean. The August 8, 2023, image on the right, from Climate…
World temperatures during each of the past 16 days have been higher than they have been for millions of years. Moreover, the temperature is now rising faster than during any period before, and could rise 18.44°C (versus pre-industrial) by the year 2026. In each of the past 16 days, the temperature has been higher than the peak temperature…