Ocean Warming Continues

November 7, 2010 1 Comment

The world’s oceans continue to experiment warming above trend that adds to the process of climate change.

…the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) indicates, the high sea surface temperatures in October were preceded from January through September 2010 by temperatures that were well above the long term (1971-2000) average for the region.  Furthermore, according to NOAA, the surface temperatures globally for the January-September period were the second warmest on record (tied with 1998), with 2007 in first place…

via Ice-Capped Greenland Feels the Heat with North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures far Above Normal | WWF Climate Blog.

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Resident of the City of Coral Gables; Formerly with Inter-American Development Bank, Senior Environmental Project and Policy Leaders, Agricultural Economics, Forest Sector Projects and Policies, Country Representative Financing in El Salvador and the Dominican Republic

One Response to Ocean Warming Continues

  1. casuist's avatar casuist says:
    November 8, 2010 at 1:30 AM

    Could that have anything to do with the sun do you think?

    News you can use! U.S. exchange’s CO2 cap-and-trade to end: report
    http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A10J720101102

    (Reuters) – The United States’ only national carbon trading scheme could be shut down within months because of stalled emissions trading laws in Congress, the Financial Times newspaper on Tuesday quoted a senior exchange official as saying.

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